Bombay HC laments rise in instances of hate speech, seeks stricter norms against inflammatory posts on social media

The Court made the observation while disposing of a case seeking direction to the Police and the State to block and take action against one, "AIMIM-Abu Faizal" stated to have spread hate speech online.
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The Bombay High Court on Friday disposed of a petition urging that it direct the police to act against one, "AIMIM-Abu Faizal" who is stated to have uploaded inflammatory content on social media (Imran Khan v. State of Maharashtra).

While doing so, the Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Madhav J Jamdar also lamented on the rise in inflammatory social media material.

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