The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance days after an Allahabad High Court triggered a controversy while delivering a speech at a VHP event.
Shekhar Kumar Yadav, the Allahabad High Court judge, said that the country will function according to the wishes of the majority in the country and questioned certain practices followed by Muslims.
Justice Yadav made the controversial remark while delivering a lecture on the Constitutional Necessity of Uniform Civil Code in an event organised by the legal cell of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Prayagraj on December 8.
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The Supreme Court has taken note of the newspaper reports of a speech given by Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav and called for details from the Allahabad High Court.
The remark by Justice Yadav sparked a political uproar as the opposition parties urged Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to take cognisance of the issue.
“The Supreme Court has taken note of the newspaper reports of a speech given by Mr Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The details and particulars have been called from the High Court and the matter is under consideration (sic),” an official statement said.
During the speech at the VHP event, the HC judge said, “I have no hesitation in saying that this is Hindustan, this country would function as per the wishes of the bahusankhyak living in Hindustan. This is the Law. You can’t say that you are saying this being a High Court Judge.”
He also raised questions about the Muslim community continuing the practice of polygamy when practices such as Untouchability, Sati, and Jauhar were abolished within Hinduism. He termed the practices observed by Muslims “unacceptable.”
Several opposition leaders, including Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, criticised the judge over his remark. The Samajwadi Party and the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Congress urged CJI Sanjiv Khanna to take cognisance of the statements.
