India, July 19 -- The Marathi language row has reached the Supreme Court with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) being filed against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly inciting violence against Hindi-speaking people and language-based hatred.

The plea filed by a lawyer, Advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, seeks an FIR against Raj Thackeray and his party workers, according to news agency ANI.

This comes after multiple incidents of people linked to Raj Thackeray-led MNS assaulting individuals and vandalising properties allegedly for not speaking Marathi.

MNS activists recently thrashed a sweet shop owner in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for not speaking Marathi.

Earlier this month, MNS workers damaged the glass...