New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings going on in the trial court against Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai for allegedly delivering a hate speech against Christians during an interview with a YouTube channel in October 2022 regarding the bursting of firecrackers.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta after reviewing the transcript of the interview statements, said, "Prima facie, there is no hate speech. No case is made out."
The bench stayed the further proceedings before the trial court," and issued a notice to the complainant, who accused Annamalai of delivering the hate speech against Christians in the October 22, 2022 interview, two days before Diwali.
The bench ...