A case of defamation, hurting religious sentiments and causing communal conflict has been filed against twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and others in Jodhpur by all India Brahmin body Vipra Foundation on Thursday. The case has been filed under section 295A 500, 501, 504, 505 and 120B of IPC - by advocate Hastimal Saraswat - for litigant Rajkumar Sharma, a functionary of Vipra Foundation.
Further, an application has also been submitted to the Jodhpur police to register an FIR in the matter. Mumbai chapter of the Brahmin body has also announced that it will file a case against Dorsey.
Saraswat said, “I have filed the case under section 295A 500, 501, 504, 505 and 120B of IPC before te metropolitan magistrate number 4, Jodhpur. It will come up for hearing on December 1. The sections involve hurting religious sentiments, defamation, propagating and promoting the act of defamation (which in this case was done by posting the said picture on twitter), using such language that can provoke a section to commit offence against another section, creating a situation that can cause ill will between two sections and could result in conflict and criminal Conspiracy.”
Founder Convenor of Vipra Foundation Sushil Ojha said, “The case has been filed as members of the Brahmin community across the world are offended. We will demand that he unconditionally apologise.” The Mumbai Chapter of the Vipra Foundation is also in the process of filing a case against Jack Dorsey.
“We are filing a case in Mumbai too because either Dorsey’s made an uninformed comment or it was done knowingly. Both ways it is insulting to the Brahmin community and creates a situation that affects the community’s right to pursue it’s ancient profession,” said Sunil Sharma, National general secretary of Vipra Foundation to DNA, from Mumbai.
SECTIONS IMPOSED
- The case has been filed under section 295A 500, 501, 504, 505 and 120B of IPC - by advocate Hastimal Saraswat - for litigant Rajkumar Sharma, a functionary of Vipra Foundation.
- Court will hear the case on December 1
WHAT THESE MEANS
- 295A - hurting religious sentiments
- 500 - defamation
- 501 - propogating & promoting act of defamation
- 504 - using language that can provoke a section to commit offence against another section
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