NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Monday ordered listing of a plea by Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair for quashing FIRs against him in five districts of Uttar Pradesh before the Bench headed by Justice C Y Chandrachud.
The fresh plea of Zubair has also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the six cases. The Bench asked her to mention before Justice Chandrachud’s Bench.
The plea said all six FIRs filed in Uttar Pradesh which had been transferred to the SIT for investigation were the subject matter of the FIR which is being probed by the Delhi Police special cell.
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.
His lawyer Vrinda Grower sought urgent hearing on a slew of FIRs against him as a fact-checker and journalist, accusing him of allegedly outraging religious feelings.
