The Madras High Court lashed out on the Tamil Nadu Police for mechanically closing a legal case registered over a Fb publish, reported Bar and Bench on Friday.
The bench, headed by Justice Ok Murali Shankar, criticised the police motion on the publish which contained vulgar captions alongside a picture of Lord Krishna stealing garments from gopis.
In line with Justice Ok Murali Shankar, the depiction of spiritual figures have to be dealt with with due sensitivity. He added that the federal government should make sure that freedom of speech doesn’t translate into hurting non secular emotions.
“Depicting Hindu Gods in a disrespectful method, deliberately hurting the emotions of tens of millions, can’t be justified. Such actions have the potential to spark enmity, non secular outrage, social dysfunction, and undermine communal concord. Given the deep-rooted respect for non secular symbols and deities, disrespect can result in social unrest and damage a big part of society. Subsequently, it’s essential to strategy such depictions with sensitivity. The Authorities should make sure that freedom of expression doesn’t translate into hurting non secular emotions,” the Bar and Bench quoted the August 4 ruling as saying.
What’s the case:
In line with the report, the Fb publish in query contained two Tamil feedback. The primary remark, made by Sathish Kumar, acknowledged that Krishna Jayanti was a celebration of a person who stole the garments of bathing girls.
Following this, P Paramasivan filed a legal case and alleged that the publish was uploaded with the intent to defame Hindu gods and harm the picture of Hindu girls.
Paramasivan even raised considerations that the publish might doubtlessly set off regulation and order issues on non secular grounds.
Nonetheless, in February, the police filed a unfavorable closing report earlier than the trial court docket, claiming it requested details about the Fb person who uploaded the publish from Meta, however unable to safe such person particulars.
The trial court docket accepted the police’s unfavorable closing report, which labeled the case as UN.
Following this, the complainant approached the Excessive Courtroom with a revision plea. The Madras High Court then pulled up the police for not being diligent in pursuing the legal case. In addition they ordered them to renew the investigation and file a closing report in three months.
