Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 682 · Decided 7 December 2020
Amish Devgan v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 682 · [2020] 14 S.C.R. 198
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 160/2020
- Decided
- 7 December 2020
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, SANJIV KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 295A, 153A, 505(2), 505, 95; CrPC Section 156(1), 179, 156; Constitution Article 19(1)(a), 19(2), 32
Headnote
Constitution of India - Arts. 19(1)(a), 19(2) and 32 - Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 295A, 153A, 505(2) - Hate speech - The petitioner hosted and anchored a debate on the Places of worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 on a news channel - the petitioner had described Pir Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti, as an invader, terrorist and robber who had come to India to convert its population to Islam - Post the telecast as many as seven FIRs concerning the said episode were filed and registered against the petitioner in the States of
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