During the hearing, the court told the counsels for Mr. Singh that he cannot divide the society on lines of castes and religion.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from coercive action to Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in alleged hate speech cases lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh.
However, the court said that U.P. Police is not precluded from seeking sanction to prosecute him from Rajya Sabha Chairperson in the cases. The top court also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and sought its response on two pleas of Mr. Singh seeking clubbing and quashing of FIRs lodged against him after his press conference on August 12 last year at which he alleged that the State government was favouring a certain class of society.
During the hearing, a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R.S. Reddy told the counsels for Mr. Singh that he cannot divide the society on lines of castes and religion.
Senior advocate Vivek Tankha and advocate Sumeer…