New Delhi, April 22 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted two weeks to the Uttar Pradesh government to add religion-based outrage and hate crime offences which are provided under Sections 153B and 295A, of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against persons booked for allegedly physically abusing a Muslim cleric in a moving Van in Noida in 2021. As per the Clerik Kazeem Ahmad Sherwani's complaint in June 2021, a group of men in a moving Van initially offered him a lift while he was travelling to Aligarh from Noida and then began abusing him by pulling his beard and removing his cap. Expressing its dissatisfaction, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta noted that despite its earlier order why the authorities have not invoked the aforesaid provisions yet. The Court has listed the matter for the next hearing on May 19.htc...