The Supreme Court docket will hear on Monday (February 16) a batch of petitions in search of the lodging of a primary data report and structure of a Particular Investigation Crew(SIT) probe towards Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, for the offences referring to hate speech over his feedback on ‘Miya Muslims’ and the ‘level clean’ video.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will hear the matter.
Not too long ago, a video was posted on ‘X’ by the official deal with of the BJP Assam exhibiting the Assam CM capturing individuals who seem to belong to the Muslim neighborhood. After the video attracted extreme backlash from social media customers, it was deleted.
The petitions which might be listed embody two filed by the Communist Celebration of India (Marxist) and Annie Raja, a pacesetter of the Communist Celebration of India (CPI), in search of motion towards Sarma over his ‘level clean’ video and different earlier speeches. Additionally they search the structure of SIT, contending that the State and the Central companies cannot be anticipated to hold out the probe impartially.
The third petition is filed by 4 Assamese people in search of the Court docket’s pressing intervention over a sequence of alleged hate speeches by Sarma concentrating on the Muslim neighborhood in Assam. It claims that he used expressions akin to “Miya” and “Bangladeshi”, described within the plea as derogatory slurs towards Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam, and known as for social and financial boycott of the neighborhood.
The petitioners embody Dr Hiren Gohain, a retired professor and public mental; Harekrishna Deka, former Director Basic of Police of Assam; Paresh Chandra Malakar, Editor-in-Chief of Northeast Now; and senior advocate Santanu Borthakur. They contend that the Chief Minister has repeatedly made statements that incite discrimination, social and financial boycott and violence towards Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam.
Other than these three petitions, one other writ petition was filed by twelve individuals, flagging the utterances of the Assam CM, together with his feedback on ‘Miya Muslims’, ‘flood jihad’ and so forth, and in search of instructions to stop divisive feedback by individuals holding Constitutional posts.
Not too long ago, the Islamic clerics’ group Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind additionally flagged CM Sarma’s speech and urged the Supreme Court docket to challenge instructions to restrain individuals holding Constitutional posts from making divisive feedback.
Case Particulars: ANNIE RAJA v UNION OF INDIA AND ORS|W.P.(Crl.) No. 72/2026 and one other linked issues
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