{"id":55970,"date":"2019-04-16T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55970"},"modified":"2019-04-16T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T10:45:00","slug":"supreme-court-satisfied-over-ec-action-against-politicians-giving-hate-speeches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-satisfied-over-ec-action-against-politicians-giving-hate-speeches","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court satisfied over EC action against politicians giving hate speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/UP-Chief-Minister-Yogi-Adityanath-BSP-supremo-Mayawati.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"55971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-satisfied-over-ec-action-against-politicians-giving-hate-speeches\/up-chief-minister-yogi-adityanath-bsp-supremo-mayawati\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/UP-Chief-Minister-Yogi-Adityanath-BSP-supremo-Mayawati.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BSP supremo Mayawati\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/UP-Chief-Minister-Yogi-Adityanath-BSP-supremo-Mayawati.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55971\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/UP-Chief-Minister-Yogi-Adityanath-BSP-supremo-Mayawati.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/UP-Chief-Minister-Yogi-Adityanath-BSP-supremo-Mayawati.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/UP-Chief-Minister-Yogi-Adityanath-BSP-supremo-Mayawati.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed satisfaction over Election Commission&#8217;s action against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BSP supremo Mayawati and others for allegedly making hate speeches during poll campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also refused to consider the plea of Mayawati challenging the EC&#8217;s 48-hr ban on the leader and asked her counsel to file a separate appeal against the poll panel&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<p>Taking note of the EC action, the court said it seems the EC has &#8220;woken up&#8221; and barred various politicians from poll campaigning for varying hours.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna made it clear that no further order was required for now.<\/p>\n<p>Following the SC rap for EC, the poll panel on Monday afternoon took action against Adityanath, Mayawati, Azam Khan and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was hearing a PIL filed by an NRI Yoga teacher based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), seeking a direction to the EC to take &#8220;strict action&#8221; against political parties if their spokespersons make remarks based on caste and religion in the media in the run up to general elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed satisfaction over Election Commission&#8217;s action against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BSP supremo Mayawati and others for allegedly making hate speeches during poll campaign. 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