Alt News co-founder and prominent Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair on Monday sought an urgent listing of his plea in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him across Uttar Pradesh for his tweets critical of Hindu nationalism and BJP government.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of Zubair’s lawyer Vrinda Grover that Zubair has been facing a slew of FIRs and his plea needed an urgent hearing.
“List it before Justice DY Chandrachud. You can mention before that bench,” said the bench.
Separate FIRs have been lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, and Hathras districts on charges of allegedly “hurting religious feelings, making sarcastic remarks on news anchors, disrespecting Hindu gods, and inflammatory posts.”
The fact checker also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the six cases.
According to Zubair, all the six FIRs filed in Uttar Pradesh which have been transferred to the SIT for investigation is the subject matter of the FIR which is being probed by the Delhi Police special cell.
