Delhi HC raps police on non-registration of FIR, gives Police Commissioner one day to act

A Delhi High Court bench comprising Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Talwant Singh on Wednesday asked Special CP Praveen Ranjan to communicate court’s anguish to Police Commissioner regarding n-registration of FIRs against hate speeches me by political leers such as Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Varma, and Kapil Mishra. In its order, it ted Ranjan’s assurance that Police Commissioner would take a conscious decision regarding registration of FIR after looking at all videos containing inflammatory speeches.

At same time, court maintained that one was above law and asked Commissioner to seriously consider consequences of t registering an FIR. matter has been journed to Thursday.  

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arguments in court 

After going through video of Kapil Mishra, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that its content h direct connection with incidents that took place. He said that  registration of FIR is a serious issue and more time was required to go through material. On or hand, Delhi government counsel Rahul Mehra opined that FIRs ought to be registered as y could be cancelled if proven wrong.  

Later, petitioner Harsh Mander’s vocate Colin Gonsalves contended that Anurag Thakur’s ‘Gun down traitors’ comment set ball rolling for violence. Citing remarks of Abhay Verma, Parvesh Varma, and Kapil Mishra, Gonsalves alleged that attackers belonged to party in power. Immediately, Mehta raised objections and condemned attempt to demoralise  forces. Imploring upon bench t to exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction based only on three videos, he remarked that hate speeches were from all sides. reafter, he mentioned that FIRs would be filed at an appropriate time.  

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Justice Muralidhar slams police on n-registration of FIR 

In a sharp response to Solicitor General, Justice Muralidhar ted that Delhi was burning. Highlighting that it was constitutional duty of court to protect lives, he questioned Mehta on n-registration of FIRs despite presence of multiple inflammatory videos. Furrmore, he observed that t registering an FIR sent a wrong mess which would t deter or people from repeating slogan. So far, re have been 22 casualties in violence while 189 people have sustained injuries. 

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