By Sparsh Upadhyay
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been filed in the Allahabad High Court against an impeachment motion submitted to the Rajya Sabha Secretary General by 55 MPs seeking the impeachment of Justice Shekhar Yadav over the speech delivered by him at Prayagraj on December 8 at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Legal Cell).
The PIL plea, moved by Advocate Ashok Pandey, prays for a direction to the Chairman of Rajya Sabha not to act upon the motion moved by Kapil Sibal and 54 other MPs against Justice Shekher Kumar Yadav.
The PIL plea argues that whatever Justice Yadav has said, he said it in the capacity of a Hindu on the topics that are connected to the hearts of Hindus as they are affecting their day-to-day life.
It adds that the participants of this meeting were only Hindus, and as such, the words spoken in that meeting can’t come in the definition of hate speech given in some public meetings.
The PIL plea further states that the word ‘Kathmu**ah‘ uttered by Justice Yadav during his speech doesn’t come under the purview of Hate speech. It argues that he was merely expressing his opinion, possibly as an individual whose relatives or friends have suffered cruelty and torture, both mental and physical, due to ‘Kathamu**apan‘.
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