The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till October 3 a plea filed by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat seeking a case against Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for their alleged hate speech, reported PTI.
A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal deferred the case after Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Delhi Police submitted a request for adjournment. The bench, however, observed that no further adjournment would be granted to the police in the case.
This was the third time the case has been adjourned at the request of the Delhi Police. Earlier, the Delhi Police had sought additional time to file a counter affidavit in response to the special leave petition. In August, their counsel had circulated a letter seeking an adjournment, according to Live Law.
Karat had approached the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court in June last year had dismissed her petition seeking a first information report against Thakur and Verma.
At a rally in January 2020, Thakur, a Union minister, was heard shouting “desh ke gaddaron ko” and the crowd responded with “goli maaro saalon ko”. The slogan meant “shoot the traitors”, with an expletive used for “traitors” being a reference to those…
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