Plea For FIR Against Himanta Biswa Sarma : Live Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking FIR and a probe by a Special Investigation Team against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his speeches and public remarks which allegedly constitute hate speech offences.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipil Pancholi will hear the matters.

The petitions have been filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India leader Annie Raja, and certain other individuals. They hae flagged Sarma's comments on 'Miya Muslims', his comments calling for their economic boycott, and a recent video posted on X by BJP Assam showing Sarma shooting at persons who are visibly Muslims.

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