New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked petitioners, who approached it seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for offences related to hate speech, to approach the Gauhati High Court, legal news website LiveLaw said.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi expressed reluctance to invoke Article 32 of the Constitution, and said that the petitioners should first approach the jurisdictional High Courts, the news website said.

Article 32 of the Indian Constitution, deemed the "heart and soul" by BR. Ambedkar, guarantees the fundamental right to move the Supreme Court directly for the enforcement of fundamental rights. It empowers the Sup...