The Supreme Court has listed a plea filed by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for pressing listening to tomorrow, July 8.
Zubair filed a plea within the prime court docket in search of the quashing of an FIR filed in opposition to him by the Uttar Pradesh police in a case of injuring spiritual sentiments. In plea in search of pressing listening to, Zubair, via his lawyer, has additionally cited a risk to his life.
Zubair, in his plea within the prime court docket, challenged the Allahabad High Court’s determination to refuse quashing of the FIR registered in opposition to him for a controversial tweet by which he allegedly referred to a few Hindu seers — Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop — as ‘hate mongers’.
Hearing Zubair’s lawyer in search of pressing itemizing, a bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari stated that the matter will be listed tomorrow, Friday, topic to clearance from the Chief Justice of India.
In his argument earlier than the bench, Advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing Zubair, stated that the FIR in opposition to his shopper by the UP Police reveals there no crime.
“His work is to verify news, and he was doing the role of fact-checking hate speeches. The FIR clearly shows that there is no crime. We went to Allahabad High Court, but no relief was granted. Bail is sought in an emergency. There are death threats to Zubair on social media,” Bar and Bench quoted Gonsalves as saying.
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