The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Delhi Police on a plea by CPI-M leader Brinda Karat against the Delhi High Court order, dismissing a petition challenging the trial court's refusal for an FIR against Union Minister Anurag .
The petition challenges the trial court's decision not to register FIRs against Union Minister Anurag Thakur and BJP leader Pravesh Verma for their purported hate speeches during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests at Shaheen Bagh in 2020.
A bench, headed by Justice K.M. Joseph, noted that prima facie the stand of the magistrate that sanction was required for registration of the FIR against the BJP leaders was not correct, saying that reasoning of courts below that sanction under Section 196 of the CrPC was required may not be correct.The
The SC bench noted that prima facie the stand of the magistrate that sanction was required for registration of the FIR against the BJP leaders was not correct.
A bench, headed by Justice K.M. Joseph, noted that prima facie the stand of the magistrate that sanction was required for registration of the FIR against the BJP leaders was not correct, saying that reasoning of courts below that sanction under Section 196 of the CrPC was required may not be correct.The