Over six FIRs, one each in Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, and two in Hathras, were registered against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair

The bench of Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha said in their oral observation during the hearing, "Rule of law has to be followed, no dispute. But can we pass an omnibus order? If under the Municipal law the construction is unauthorized, can an omnibus order be passed to restrain authorities?"

Court pointed out that when such a public function as the Kumbhabhishegam of a temple is performed, it would be impossible for the authorities to check the religious identity of every person to permit entry into the temple

The Court also made a reference to the Udaipur killing during the hearing and said Sharma, with her "loose tongue", made irresponsible comments without thinking of the consequences

During the hearing, the SIT informed the bench, that apart from the present petition, no one had objected to its investigation into the 2002 Gujarat riots. The SIT had termed the allegations of Hindu groups planning the train burning to frame Muslims as ‘absurd’

Recently, BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was at the receiving end of Islamist ire, receiving multiple death threats for her family and herself for expressing her views on Prophet Muhammad and Islam during a prime time debate

The undemanded attention of the media in some serious cases, their switching of sides to gain TRP, somehow indirectly managing to declare a judgement even before the judiciary, putting peer pressure on either of the parties and the court

Noting that it is important to give an opportunity to the offender to repair the damage caused and to become a socially useful individual when he is released from jail, the apex court commuted the death sentence of Firoz who was accused of rape and murder of a minor girl