SC agrees to hear the plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair

Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea of Alt News co-founder, Mohammad Zubair on July 20 seeking interim bail, quashing all six FIRs lodged against him.

In the meantime, the Supreme Court has said that no perceptive steps should be taken against Zubair in connection with all the FIRs filed against him.

Zubair sought an urgent listing of the plea in the apex court seeking to quash the FIRs lodged against in several districts of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments.

Earlier, 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.

“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,” a source as per Indian Express.

Zubair’s fresh plea has also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the UP government to probe the six cases.