All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is an MLA in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is in legal trouble as the police have filed an FIR against him for allegedly making a hate speech. The Nirmal police station in Adilabad district, where Owaisi had given the alleged hate speech, has registered a case under Indian Penal Code Section 153(a) (promoting enmity between different groups on...
02:48 PM, Jan 03, 2013
A Hyderabad court on Thursday ordered the police to register an FIR against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi for an alleged hate speech made by him, while the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy assured that "anyone who hurts sentiments will be dealt with as per law." ...
01:41 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Almost 10 days after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi made an alleged hate speech against a community, state Congress has finally promised to take action against him, who, not for the first time, has been proved controversial. "Our government has taken cognizance of speech and we are collecting evidence to build a strong FIR and a water-tight case where we can book the person...
08:45 AM, Jan 03, 2013
A Hyderabad court is hearing a petition filed against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asauddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi for an alleged hate speech he made on December 24 in Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh. ...
11:45 PM, Jan 02, 2013
The court will decide on Thursday whether to direct the police to file an FIR or whether the court will hear the case directly. ...
11:19 PM, Jan 02, 2013
A Hyderabad court is hearing a petition filed against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asauddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi for an alleged hate speech he made on December 24 in Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh. ...
12:09 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi faces trial in the 2009 hate speech case after charges were framed against him in a Pilibhit court. Varun Gandhi, great-grandson of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, had reportedly made inflammatory comments against Muslims in Pilibhit in the run-up to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. ...
04:55 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR registered against Maharashtra Navniram Sena chief Raj Thackeray for making hate speeches against Biharis, branding them as infiltrators in Mumbai and threatening them to throw out of the state following a court's orders. The MNS chief has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal code including promoting enmity between groups. He has been charged under IPC Sections 153 A...
11:25 AM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Tis Hazari Court in New Delhi on Thursday ordered the Sabzi Mandi Police Station to register an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for his alleged hate speech against North Indians. The ruling came after the court went through an action-taken-report, which was submitted before the court on a complaint for registration of an FIR against Thackeray. A detailed order and the sections under...
05:40 PM, Sep 27, 2012
A case has been filed against the MNS chief in the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Nalanda for his hate speech. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Are Bihari migrants soft targets for politicians like Raj Thackeray? Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, yes, MNS leader Raj Thackeray has once again lashed out at Biharis, or specifically Bihari migrants to Mumbai calling...
10:35 AM, Sep 04, 2012
A case has been filed against the MNS chief in the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Nalanda for his hate speech. ...
11:58 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Washington: In the backdrop of appeals by India to remove hate posts, world's largest social networking website Facebook on Wednesday said it will remove content, block pages or even disable accounts of those users who upload content that incite violence or perpetuate hate speech. Comprehending the gravity, Facebook's stern warning to its users comes in the wake of the Indian government bringing to its notice the posting of contents, including...
12:32 PM, Aug 22, 2012
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi was on Friday issued notice by the Supreme Court on a plea seeking his disqualification as MP for allegedly making vituperative speeches during the 2009 General Elections. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and SS Nijjar sought Gandhi's response on the petition by Congress candidate VM Singh challenging dismissal of his plea by the Allahabad High Court. Senior counsel MN Krishnamani, appearing for Singh,...
02:01 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Lucknow: A local court in Pilibhit has framed charges against BJP MP Varun Gandhi in connection with the alleged hate speeches made by him during campaigning for the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Ajay Krishna, while hearing the case on Monday, ordered the prosecution to produce witnesses while fixing July 6 as the next date of hearing. The charges were framed against Gandhi under various sections of...
04:21 PM, May 31, 2011
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has given sanction for prosecution of BJP MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi for his alleged hate speech during Lok Sabha elections last year, a senior official said on Friday. "The state government gave prosecution sanction against BJP MP Varun Gandhi on November 30 on an FIR registered against him at Kotwali police station in Pilibhit district last year," Secretary (Home) Deepak Kumar told. Kumar said prosecution...
06:27 PM, Dec 10, 2010
Raj had approached SC to transfer cases against him from Bihar and MP. ...
11:27 AM, Mar 08, 2010
Varun's mother Maneka Gandhi a former minister is also a Sikh. ...
08:54 PM, Aug 26, 2009
The chargesheet is against alleged hate speeches during poll campaigns. ...
05:12 PM, Jul 15, 2009
The chargesheet will be filed for his alleged hate speeches during polls. ...
06:23 PM, Jul 13, 2009
UP govt to take legal action against for disturbing communal amity. ...
06:18 PM, Jul 03, 2009
