The Supreme Court will hear against Nishikant Dubey next week: said- CJI responsible for civil war; Demand to remove videos of statement from social media

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petition filed against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday. The court has asked the petition to be listed next week.

The petition demanded the removal of video of BJP MP’s statements against the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India (CJI) from social media platforms. The case was kept in front of the back of Justice BR Gawai and Justice AJ Christ for immediate hearing.

Nishikant Dubey had said on April 19- CJI Sanjeev Khanna and Supreme Court are responsible for inciting religious war in the country. Dubey was talking about the Supreme Court’s decision to set a time limit to the President to take a decision on the Bills. The Supreme Court on 8 April ordered that the President would have to take a decision on a bill within 3 months.

A contempt petition also filed against Dubey Former IPS Amitabh Thakur had filed a petition in the Supreme Court on 20 April demanding to bring Dubey’s statements under criminal contempt. Earlier, Supreme Court lawyer Narendra Mishra filed a letter petition and requested to initiate contempt proceedings by taking automatic cognizance.