SC agrees to listen to plea in search of contempt continuing towards Haryana govt officers over public Namaz in Gurugram

On January 31, the Supreme Court has agreed to record the plea of a former Rajya Sabha member Mohammad Adeeb in search of contempt motion towards high Haryana authorities officers for allegedly failing to make sure no disruptions in providing Friday ‘namaz’ in Gurugram.
The bench comprising of Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli took cognizance of the plea submitted by advocate Indira Jaising who was showing for Adeeb. In the plea, Adeeb alleged the state authorities officers didn’t observe the 2018 judgment of the Supreme Court, the place instructions have been issued to cease hate crimes.
In her submission, Jaising mentioned the plea was not primarily based on newspaper stories, however they’ve themselves filed the complaints. “We are not asking for any enforcement of FIR. This court has laid down preventive measures,” she added. The CJI mentioned he would look into it and put up it earlier than the suitable bench instantly.
The plea was submitted on behalf of the Gurgaon Muslim Council, headed by Mohammad Adeeb, on December 17 final 12 months. In the plea, he had mentioned, “The continuous inaction, the apathy of the State machinery and failure of the local law enforcement agencies to prevent such incidents before these spiral into a monstrosity, is precisely what had been indicated by this Hon’ble court in Tehseen S. Poonawalla case, and is thus clearly a contempt of this Hon’ble court’s directions.”
Hindus protest towards namaz in public
For months in 2021, Hindus in Gurugram, Haryana, raised their voice towards Friday namaz in public areas like parks and playgrounds. Residents allege that folks face inconvenience as a result of enormous gatherings on Friday. They have been drawing consideration to elevated instances of harassment, chain snatching and visitors disruptions that occur as a result of public locations being occupied by giant teams of Muslims. They had alleged the general public land was being occupied on the pretext of namaz. The Police initially detained members of Hindu outfits and residents of the areas close by.
The situation was quickly turned political, with a number of ‘secular-liberal’ voices advocating that Muslims have the best to occupy public locations for Namaz. The Haryana authorities, which had earlier granted permission for using sure public areas for Namaz, had later withdrawn the permission and had requested the Muslim teams to maintain their prayers confined to non secular areas like Mosques, Dargahs and Waqf properties.
 The 2018 judgment sought the appointment of nodal officers in Police Departments throughout states
The earlier judgment that Adeeb has talked about within the plea was handed on Tehseen Poonawala’s plea. The apex courtroom had requested the Centre and the states to take steps, together with fast-tracking trials, sufferer compensation, deterrent punishment and disciplinary motion towards the officers for not performing their duties.
The courtroom had additionally requested the states to nominate a nodal officer not under the rank of the police superintendent. The nodal officers would arrange a job power to be assisted by DSP-rank officers to take measures to stop lynching and mob violence. The job power was supposed to assemble data on individuals who might commit such crimes or who have been concerned in spreading hate speeches or faux speeches.