SC Refuses to Entertain Plea to Quash Case over Facebook Post Saying ‘Babri Masjid Too Will One Day Be Rebuilt…’

‘Let Trial Decide’ - Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Quash Case Over Facebook Post That Said ‘Babri Masjid Will Be Rebuilt Like Sofian Mosque’

The Supreme Court of India has declined to intervene in the case of Mohd. Faiyyaz Mansuri, a young law graduate who sought to quash criminal proceedings initiated against him for a 2020 Facebook post referencing the Babri Masjid. The post in question stated: “Babri Masjid too will one day be rebuilt, just as the Sofian Mosque in Turkey was rebuilt.” Hearing the matter, a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it found no reason to…

SC refuses to entertain plea to quash case over Facebook post saying ‘Babri Masjid too will one day be rebuilt…’

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging the Allahabad High Court's decision to not quash a case against a man for his 2020 Facebook post about rebuilding the Babri Masjid. The case continues despite claims of freedom of expression.

SC refuses to quash case against UP man for online post saying ‘Babri Masjid will be rebuilt’

The petitioner had argued that his post was not inflammatory.

Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Quash Case Over Alleged Facebook Post on Babri Masjid

While the counsel argued that there was no vulgarity in the petitioner's post, the top court said,

SC refuses to entertain plea to quash case over Facebook post on ‘Babri Masjid

The case dates back to August 2020, when an FIR was filed against Mansuri on August 6, a day after his Facebook post. He was arrested two days later, on August 8, and subsequently charged under the National Security Act (NSA).

SC refuses to quash case against man over social media post saying demolished “Babri Masjid will be rebuilt”

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to quash a criminal case filed against a Muslim man accused of posting a social media message about the demolished Babri Masjid, which read, “Babri Masjid will one day be rebuilt, just like Turkey’s Sophia Mosque.” A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi dismissed the plea as withdrawn after hearing Advocate Talha Abdul Rahman, who appeared for the petitioner, Mansuri. Rahman argued that the petiti…