SC asks petitioners to move Gauhati HC on alleged hate speech by Assam CM Himanta Sarma
The pleas were filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI leader Annie Raja, and Assamese scholar Dr Hiren Gohain.
The pleas were filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI leader Annie Raja, and Assamese scholar Dr Hiren Gohain.
The Bench, comprising Chief Justice MM Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, took suo motu cognisance of the matter and observed that the proposed launch of the book at the 49th Chennai Book Fair, scheduled for January 8 (Thursday), tended to directly scandalise the judiciary and crossed all limits of fair criticism.
