Nuh Violence: Plea filed in Supreme Court against calls for boycott of Muslims

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking action against calls made for the boycott and alienation of Muslims following the violence in Nuh..The plea was mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal when the Constitution Bench hearing the Article 370 case was breaking for lunch. .Sibal mentioned instances where individuals have been urged to label those who employ people from a specific community as 'gaddars' (traitors)."Some decisions are taken that if a community is employed then the employer will be called as a Gaddar. We will file an urgency petition," he said..The plea by Shaheen Abdulla relied on a video that surfaced on social media on August 2.The plea said that Samhast Hindu Samaj can be seen walking through a neighbourhood in Hisar, Haryana in the presence of Police officials issuing warnings to residents and shopkeepers that if they continue to employ/keep any Muslims, then their shops will be boycotted..The plea stated that such rallies that "demonize communities and openly call for violence and killing of people are not limited in terms of their impact to just those areas. It will inevitably lead to communal disharmony and violence of an unfathomable scale across the country, it was contended..The petitioner, therefore, prayed for directions to the State and district administration to ensure that rallies with such hate speeches are not allowed as it would affect communal harmony. .Violence in Nuh broke out on July 31 after a mob attacked a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession following rumours that cow vigilante Monu Manesar would be participating in the march.As per NDTV, at least five people were killed in the ensuing clashes and at least 70 were injured, including policemen. The police have registered about 40 cases and arrested over 80 people in connection with the communal violence, it was further reported.The VHP later announced that they would hold protests over the violence in the NCR. The Supreme Court was approached for a stay. However, on August 2, the Court declined to stay the protests slated to be held later that day..However, the Court had ordered the State government and the Delhi police to ensure that no hate speech or violence takes place during the rallies.