Plea on hate speech: Supreme Court directs Centre to collect information from states

The court said it wanted to know which states have not taken measures to prevent cases.

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A man walks inside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi. | Adnan Abidi / Reuters

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to collect information from states and Union Territories regarding the preventive measures taken by them to curb cases of hate speech, Live Law reported.

A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, AS Oka, and JB Pardiwala said that in some Supreme Court judgements, states and Union Territories were directed to prevent cases of hate speech. The compiled information will help in knowing whether they were followed or not, the court added.

The judges directed the secretary of the Union home ministry to present the information in a booklet before the bench within six weeks.

“As the first step, at least this information should be before us,” the bench said, according to PTI. “Which states are proactive, which are not acting at all, which have acted partially…”

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