Supreme Court Dismisses Plea in 2007 Hate Speech Case Involving Yogi Adityanath

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said it is not necessary to go into the issue of denial of sanction.

The Supreme Court on Friday, 26 August, dismissed a plea challenging the denial of sanction to prosecute Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a matter pertaining to alleged hate speech in 2007.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said that it was not necessary to go into the issue of denial of sanction.

Parvez Parwaz, the petitioner, had claimed that Yogi Adityanath had made anti-Muslim remarks while addressing the ‘Hindu Yuva Vahini’ activists in a meeting in 2007.

An FIR had been lodged in Gorakhpur against Adityanath and several others on alleged charges of promoting enmity between two groups. Several incidents of violence were allegedly reported in Gorakhpur on the day of the speech.