SC accepts plea for hate speech prevention steps

New Delhi, November 12, : Fridays Supreme Court decision allowed it to review a petition seeking to direct the Central government to study various international laws in order to take "effective" and strictive steps to combat the threat of hatred speech and rumour-mongering.New Delhi : Friday, Nov 12, 2012: The Supreme Court accepted a request from the Central government for direction regarding a complaint against hate speech and rumour spreading in India.

A bench of justices A.M.Khanwilkar and C.T.A.M.Khanwilkar, and C.T.A.M.Khanwilkar (C.T.) and Ravikumar, justices.Ravikumar scheduled the matter for hearing on November 22, along with a separate plea, which also came up for hearing during the day, in connection with the hate speech issue.

Ravikumar set the matter up to be heard on November 22.A bench of justices A.M.Khanwilkar and C.T.Ravikumar had scheduled the hearing for November 22, together with another plea that was also heard during the day in relation to the hate speech matter.The bench has asked senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, to serve the copy of the plea on the respondents -- Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice, and the Law Commission.

Senior advocate Vikas Singh representing Ashwini Upadhyay has been asked by the bench to deliver a copy of the petition on the respondents Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Law and Justice and Law Commission.Advocate Ashwini from Ashwini Upadhyays senior advocate Vikas Sing has been requested by the bench to send a copy of this plea to the respondents -- Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law and Justice.

The plea sought a direction that courts, while awarding punishment for the offences against "public tranquillity, offences relating to elections etc", should give sentences running consecutively and not concurrently.Plead for a Direction that the courts should, when imposing punishments against offences of "public tranquillity or offences relating in elections etc", give sentences running concurrently, and not simultaneously.

This plea requested that judges, in imposing sentences for offences against public tranquility and offences relating electoral etc, should not give them concurrently.Upadhyay also sought a direction to the Centre to take legislative steps to implement recommendations of the law commission to deal with hate speech and rumour-mongering.

Upadhyay requested that the Centre be directed to act on the recommendations made by the law commission regarding hate speech and rumour-mongering.Upadhyay asked for a directive to the Centre regarding legislative actions to implement the recommendations of the law-commission to combat hate speech, rumour-mongering and other forms.

The plea said: "The petitioner is filing this writ petition as a PIL.seeking writ/order/direction to the Centre to examine the international laws relating to hate speech and rumour mongering and take apposite effective stringent steps to control hate speech and rumour-mongering in order to secure rule of law, freedom of speech and expression and Right to Life, Liberty and Dignity of citizens."According to the plea, "The petitioner has filed this writ as a PIL" and sought writ/order/direction to Centre to review the international laws regarding hate Speech and Rumour Mongering and to take appropriate effective strict steps to combat hate Speech and rumour-mongering in order to ensure rule of law, freedom speech and expression, and the Right to Life, Liberty, and Dignity for all citizens.

It stated that the petitioner was requesting a writ petition to be considered a petition in limine.The petitioner requested writ/order/direction to allow the Centre to investigate the international laws concerning hate speech and rumourmongering and to make appropriate stringent measures to curb rumour-mongering and to protect rule of law, freedom to speech and expression, and the right to life, liberty, and dignity of all citizens #accepts #speech #steps #Delhi.