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“Act against communal hate”: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court asked the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to take “corrective measures” against the peddling of communal hate in ‘dharam sansad’ events.
Supreme Court warned that the Chief Secretaries of the two States will be held responsible for any “untoward statements” made during these events.
Supreme Court warned that the Chief Secretaries of the two States will be held responsible for any “untoward statements” made during these events.
Supreme court observations
The Chief Secretaries, Home Secretaries and the police in these States were “bound” to stop hate crimes.
They must follow the preventive and punitive measures against hate crimes laid down by the Supreme Court in its judgments.
Supreme Court asked for expalantion on the preventive action taken against the culprits.
The Supreme Court asked for action and to see governments take corrective.
The Court referred to Tahseen Poonawalla case of 2017Tahseen Poonawalla v/s Union of India 2017: ‘Zero tolerance’
In this verdict, the court had called for zero tolerance on the part of the Centre and States for hate crimes.
In this judgment the court had termed hate crimes as a “product of intolerance, ideological dominance and prejudice”.
According to the SC it is constitutional duty to take a call to protect lives and human rights.
Further it stated there cannot be a right higher than the right to live with dignity and further to be treated with humanness that the law provides
The Supreme Court had directed State governments to form special task forces to prevent hate crimes and “procure intelligence reports about the people who are likely to commit such crimes or who are involved in spreading hate speeches, provocative statements and fake news”.
Any failure in the part of the authorities would be viewed as an “act of deliberate negligence and/or misconduct”.
In this judgment the court had termed hate crimes as a “product of intolerance, ideological dominance and prejudice”.
According to the SC it is constitutional duty to take a call to protect lives and human rights.
Further it stated there cannot be a right higher than the right to live with dignity and further to be treated with humanness that the law provides
The Supreme Court had directed State governments to form special task forces to prevent hate crimes and “procure intelligence reports about the people who are likely to commit such crimes or who are involved in spreading hate speeches, provocative statements and fake news”.
Any failure in the part of the authorities would be viewed as an “act of deliberate negligence and/or misconduct”.
Source: The Hindu