AMN / New Delhi
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madani has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against TV channels and print media which deliberately conspired to target Muslims and spread hatred between Hindus and Muslims through lies and hatred. On behalf of Mr Madani, Advocate-on-Record Ajaz Maqbool today filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India requesting the Chief Justice of India to expedite the hearing of this important case.
The petition states that since the petition was filed on April 13, 2020, there have been eleven hearings in this case, the last hearing was held on September 2, 2021, and at this hearing, the Union of India also had filed its reply before the court. Similarly, the Broadcasting Organization and the news regulators have also filed their reply. The petitions pending in various high courts of the country have also been consolidated on the order of the court.
The petition further states that this is an important issue which is directly related to the people and as it is connected with the people, its urgent hearing will bring justice. The petition further states that Assembly elections going to be held in five states, so fake news and some channels may disrupt the peace.
Therefore, the court should issue a special order to control the news channels which are broadcasting fake news and hatred. Therefore, the current petition should be heard as soon as possible.
It is to be noted that Gulzar Azmi, head of Jamiat Ulama Legal Aid Committee, is the plaintiff in the petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind. Since the submission of the petition of Jamiat Ulama I Hind, the channels broadcasting fake news had been under control to some extent and during the hearing, some news channels had apologized for the news which broadcasted regarding Tablighi Jamaat. Since then, senior lawyers Dushyant Dabe and Sanjay Hegde have been appearing in these hearings.