New Delhi, January 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Indian Supreme Court has said that “No palpable progress” has been made by the Delhi Police in the investigation into cases of hate speeches made at Hindu religious assemblies in the Indian capital in 2021. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha said “there was no palpable progress made in the investigation”. The incident pertained to December 2021 and the FIR in the case was lodged on May 4, last year, the court said, adding, “Why do you need five months for lodging an FIR. How many arrests have been made”.

The bench then asked Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj to file an affidavit within two weeks of the Investigating Officer (IO) of the Delhi Police giving details of the progress made so far in the investigation of the case. The apex court was hearing a contempt petition filed by activist Tushar Gandhi alleging inaction by Delhi Police and Uttarakhand Police in the hate speech cases. Hate speeches were made in the ‘dharam sansad’ held in Haridwar city of the Uttarakhand from December 17 to 19, 2021 and in Delhi on December 19, 2021, the petition said. The speakers of these events had called for the genocide of Muslims in India.

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