Don't fight political battles in court: CJI on plea against Himanta's gun video
India Today
With the Assam Assembly elections approaching, a massive political row has erupted after the video shared by Assam BJP on X appeared to show Himanta Biswa Sarma symbolically firing at Muslim men.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned against using the judiciary to settle political scores, with the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant telling the Communist Parties not to “fight political battles in court” while hearing its plea against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a now-deleted gun video.
With the Assam Assembly elections approaching, a massive political row has erupted after the video shared by Assam BJP on X appeared to show Sarma symbolically firing at Muslim men.
The clip, captioned “point blank shot”, featured what appeared to be original footage of Sarma handling an air rifle, intercut with AI–generated visuals showing bullets striking images of men wearing skull caps and beards. Text overlays reading “foreigner free Assam” and “no mercy” appeared on screen.
In the wake of the backlash, the CPI(M) and CPI leader Annie Raja approached the Supreme Court seeking urgent action against Sarma.
The petitioners have filed separate pleas demanding the registration of FIRs against the Chief Minister for alleged hate speech and communal polarisation, as well as urged the court to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the matter.
Mentioning the matter for urgent listing, counsel for the CPI told the court that despite multiple complaints being filed, the police had not taken any action.
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