Supreme Court of India
Amish Devgan v. Union of India and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that it would be inappropriate for the court to exercise its jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution for the purpose of quashing FIR 164 of 2020 under investigation at the NM Joshi Marg Police Station in Mumbai.
Judgment, page 86
From the headnote
Constitution of India – Arts. 19(1)(a), 19(2) and 32 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 295A, 153A, 505(2) – Hate speech – The petiti oner hosted and anchored a debate on the Places of worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 on a news channel – While hosting the d ebate, the petitioner had described Pir Hazrat Moinuddin Chi shti, as an invader, terrorist and robber who had come to India to conve rt 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 Rajasthan, Telangana, Mah arashtra and Madhya
Authorities it was built on
- 1978 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2013 Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors.
- 1950 Romesh Thappar v. The State of Madras
- 2016 Modern Dental College & Research Center & Anr. v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. Interlocutory Application No. 83 of 2015
- 2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors.
- 2001 T.T. Antony v. State of Kerala and Ors.
- 2015 Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
- 1972 Bennet Coleman & Co. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2003 Superintendent of Police, C.B.I. and Ors. v. Tapan Kr. Singh
- 2020 Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1970 K.A. Abbas v. The Union of India & Anr.
- 1999 K.narendra v. Riviera Apartments (p) Ltd.
- 2014 Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1970 In the Matter Of: Rustom Cawasjee Cooper v. Union of India
- 2010 Chirra Shivraj v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1988 Ramesh S/o Chotalal Dalal v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1969 Mohd. Faruk v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
- 2005 In Re: Noise Pollution - Implementation of the Laws for Restricting Use of Loudspeakers and High Volume Producing Sound Systems v..
- 1978 Himmatbhai Son of Chaganlal v. Rikhilal and Ors.
- 2005 State of Orissa and Anr. v. Saroj Kumar Sahoo
- 1970 Madhu Limaye v. Sub-divisional Magistrate, Monghyr & Ors.
- 1972 Dharma Rama Bhagare v. The State of Maharashtra
- 1990 D.V. Kapoor v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1995 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Shri Pirthi Chand and Anr.
- 2017 Mahendra Singh Dhoni v. Yerraguntla Shyamsundar and Anr.
- 1996 State of U.P. v. O.P. Sharma
- 1997 Bilal Ahmad Kaloo v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1995 Balwant Singh and Anr v. State of Punjab
- 2017 Chirag M. Pathak & Ors. Etc.etc. v. Dollyben Kantilal & Ors.
- 1978 Vyankates Dhonddeo Deshpande v. Sou. Kusum Dattatraya Kulkarni & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj Yadav v. State of U.P. & Ors.
- 2024 The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ramjan Khan & Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to
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