Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair on
Monday sought an urgent listing of his plea in the Supreme Court seeking
quashing of FIRs lodged against him in several districts of Uttar
Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious feelings.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of Zubair's lawyer Vrinda Grover that the petitioner, a fact checker and journalist, has been facing a slew of FIRs and his plea needed an urgent hearing.
"List it before Justice DY Chandrachud. You can mention before that bench," said the bench.
The fresh plea of Zubair has also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the six cases.
Separate FIRs have been lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakhimpur
Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, and Hathras districts on charges of
allegedly hurting religious feelings, making sarcastic remarks on news
anchors, disrespecting Hindu gods, and inflammatory posts. (PTI)
