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Alleged Pattern of Denigration: High Court seeks response from Himanta Biswa Sarma on PIL against his alleged hate speeches
Petitioners allege a “pattern of incendiary rhetoric” targeting minorities; Court issues notice to Union, State, DGP and Chief Minister, defers interim relief till after Bihu holidays
Secular Hindus, Muslims on my target: VHP District Security Chief Suraj Tiwari
The repeat hate offender communalized the Palghar lynching incident and has asked Hindu brothers to come to the streets post the lockdown to stage a protest
It took influential Arab anger to make India notice hate speech
Threat of a diplomatic crisis draws a few words of wisdom, that were missing when anti-Muslim hate spread faster than the Coronavirus, in India.
Letter from joint memorandum of organizations condemning hate and communalization amid Covid-19
The representatives of the organizations have recorded testimonies of various Muslims who have been allegedly racially attacked in Jaipur and Jodhpur
Covid-19: No escape for cyber crooks as police tightens net to control fake news
Police from various states are acting quickly to curb fake news, hate speech and misinformation on social media
Maharashtra Cyber Police issues advisory for WhatsApp users and admins to curb fake news
The advisory issued in a bid to curtail hate speech and other misinformation says that whoever violates rules will be punished under relevant sections of the law
Hate video calls for banning Muslims from Delhi colonies
Delhi Minorities Commission chairman, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan seeks action from Police Commissioner
FIR Against VHP Leader For Hate Speech in Lal Kuan Communal Violence Case: Delhi
This order by a lower court in Delhi in a hate speech case where the complainant in this case was Harsh Mander, comes as a boost to the campaign against hate speech.
Delhi HC adjourns all riot related cases till March 20
Court also issues notice in cases of hate speech allegations against Sonia Gandhi, Waris Pathan, Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, and others.
Chennai court deems Rajnikanth speech against Periyar defamatory, at best
The Chennai district court said the speech did not amount to promoting enmity or intentional insult to disturb peace
SC directs Delhi HC to hear plea of riot-affected people for FIRs in hate speech cases on Friday
10 riot affected people had moved a petition demanding filing of FIRs against Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma
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