HC on Hate Speech: Chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ Is Not Hate Speech, Says Karnataka High Court; Quashes FIR Against 5 Booked for Promoting Enmity Between Different Groups

The Karnataka High Court recently said that chanting "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" is not hate speech and can, by no stretch of the imagination, be considered promoting disharmony or enmity amongst religions. The high court observed while quashing an FIR registered against five men under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The single bench judge of Justice M Nagaprasanna thus granted relief to five accused booked for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups and indulging in acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony. The five residents of Ullal taluk in Karnataka were booked by the police in June this year. As per the details of the case, on June 9, the petitioners were returning from an event celebrating the oath ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they were attacked by a group of people. In their plea, the petitioners alleged that they were questioned by the group who assaulted and stabbed them as they had been chanting "Bharat mata ki jai." ‘No Part of India Can Be Called Pakistan’: CJI DY Chandrachud Reprimands Karnataka High Court Judge Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda As Supreme Court Closes Proceedings on Suo Moto Case.

HC Quashes FIR Against 5 Booked for Promoting Enmity

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