The Supreme Court in India has taken a new petition and combined it with two other existing petitions. These petitions are all about the controversial things that Udhayanidhi Stalin, a leader in Tamil Nadu’s DMK party and a government minister, said regarding ‘Sanatana Dharma.’ His comments have upset some people because they feel it disrespects their religious beliefs. The Supreme court is also thinking about making rules to stop politicians and elected officials from making statements that can cause divisions or problems.

Supreme Court hearing on Sanatan Suraksha Parishad 

The judges on this case are Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Bela M Trivedi. They were hearing to a legal request from a Hindu organization called Sanatan Suraksha Parishad. This organization is not happy with what Udhayanidhi said and thinks it’s hurtful to people’s religious feelings. They want the court to make specific rules to prevent politicians from making statements that can create tensions among different communities or religious groups.

During the hearing, Justice A. Bose asked questions about what the organization wanted. The lawyer representing the organization in supreme court , Jayant K Sud, explained that they didn’t want to completely stop politicians from speaking but wanted some clear rules in place. Justice B.M. Trivedi wondered why there were so many similar petitions. Sud clarified that their petition aimed to create a standard set of rules that would apply across all of India and address the bigger issue of politicians making statements about other religions or groups that go against their promises as elected representatives.

Supreme Court has taken a Legal action on against Udhayanidhi and others

Justice A. Bose reminded everyone that there are already lawmakers in place to deal with this kind of thing. There are 543 members of Parliament, and the Supreme Court isn’t a place to make new laws. He also mentioned that notice had already been given in the first petition filed by Lawyer B Jagannath, which asked for legal action against Udhayanidhi and others. However, the second petition by Vineet Jindal was just added to the first one without starting a new legal process.
At the end of Sud’s arguments, Justice Bose said they wouldn’t be sending out another notice but would add this new petition to the existing ones.

‘Sanatana Dharma’ to diseases like ‘malaria’ and ‘dengue

Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is the son of Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister MK Stalin and a big leader in the DMK party, got into trouble because he compared ‘Sanatana Dharma’ to diseases like ‘malaria’ and ‘dengue.‘ He said this to argue that it should be eliminated because it’s based on the caste system and historical discrimination. This caused a lot of political fights, and many people filed criminal complaints against Udhayanidhi. Some also went to the Supreme Court asking for action to be taken against him.

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Over the past month, the court already sent out a notice in one of these cases, asking for a response from the State of Tamil Nadu and the troubled minister. Soon after that, they considered another case that asked for legal action against Udhayanidhi. This raised concerns from Tamil Nadu’s Additional Advocate General, Amit Anand Tiwari, about the many public interest litigations (PIL) related to Udhayanidhi’s recent statements.

In response to these worries about the large number of cases, Justice Bose assured everyone that they wouldn’t send out another notice but would just include this new petition with the ones already in progress. They also mentioned that they would decide later if they should continue considering these kinds of cases.

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