Parmod KumarNew Delhi, April 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to issue any further directions to curb hate speech across the country, holding that the existing legal framework provides sufficient mechanisms to deal with such offences and that the real concern lies in enforcement rather than absence of law.
A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, while dismissing a batch of petitions seeking additional safeguards, observed that there was no legislative vacuum in addressing hate speech. The Court noted that the statutory scheme under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 offers a comprehensive process for setting criminal law in motion.
Emphasising that the field is already occupied, the Bench sa...