NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL seeking the arrest of Yati Narsinghanand and Jitendra Tyagi, formerly Waseem Rizvi, for making incendiary and hurtful remarks against Islam, the Prophet and followers of Islam.
A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat said that such a plea cannot be entertained under Article 32 of the Constitution.
The bench told the counsel, representing the petitioner: “You are asking somebody to be arrested and criminally prosecuted under Article 32 plea?… have you filed a complaint?
“If we proceed, then what happens to the Lalita Kumari judgment?”
The counsel submitted that he can drop the prayer seeking arrest and the bench may consider other prayers in the petition.
The bench reiterated: “These are petitions which cannot be entertained under Article 32.”
Dismissing the plea, the bench said the petitioner is at liberty to pursue appropriate remedies.
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