Delhi University professor Apoorvanand Jha and poet Ashok Vajpeyi on June 13 filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding an immediate ban on proposed mahapanchayat by right-wing groups at Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand on June 15. Terming it an attempt to incite communal riots, the petitioners have asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter.
After a series of hate speeches made in Dharam Sansad organised in Haridwar in 2021, the Supreme Court, in 2022, asked the State to “take corrective measures” against peddling of communal hate during events involving religious groups.
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