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Jan 30 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
#SupremeCourt to hear plea by social activist and Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi against former Delhi Police Chief Rakesh Asthana claiming that the controversial Dharam Sansads were allowed to be held in Delhi in December 2021 in violation of SC orders #hatespeech
CJI DY Chandrachud led bench had directed investigating officer (IO) in the December 2021 Delhi Dharam Sansad hate speech case to submit a status report regarding progress of investigation and arrests in the matter #hatespeech
SG Tushar Mehta: this is concerning Tehseen Poonawalla judgment and compliance ..there was a Sudarshan TV matter... if that can also be heard..

Adv Shadan Farasat: court 3 is hearing them actively

#hatespeech
ASG KM Natraj: the report is almost ready and it will be shared...

Farasat: what are the preventive steps so that this is not repeated by the accused again... also regarding examination of voice samples
CJI: List after three weeks. Court shall be apprised on affidavit on status of investigation and the submission of the report #HateSpeech
SG: The sudarshan TV Matter is intertwined... if it can be tagged. It will be pathbreaking and a landmark issue..

CJI: please give us the file numbers.. #hatespeech

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