New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took exception to the social media posts by journalist Rana Ayyub on X about Hindu deities and idealogue Vinayak Savarkar. According to the court, such tweets between 2013 and 2017 were ‘highly derogatory, inflammatory and communal.’
The court has asked the police to take necessary action in the case in tandem with the government. The court will hear the case on Friday.
“Let the respondents take instructions and do the needful. Let them file a response by tomorrow. Let the matter be called the day after tomorrow. The action is necessary in view of the highly derogatory, inflammatory and communal tweets posted by Respondent Number 4 [Rana Ayyub] pursuant to which an FIR has been registered on the orders of a competent court. The matter requires urgent consideration. The official who represents Delhi Police is also directed to transmit necessary directions to Respondent Number 3 (X Corp). Let Delhi Police also be impleaded as a party,” the court ordered, as reported by Bar and Bench
The matter was taken up after a plea filed by advocate Amita Sachdeva. She had earlier approached the Saket Court for taking action against Rana Ayyub.
The trial court had ordered registration of an FIR against her. But police informed the court that the posts in question were no longer on social media.
