SC quashes criminal case against Chakravarthy Sulibele for calling Mallikarjun Kharge ‘Ayogya’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a criminal case filed by Karnataka Police against right-wing orator and writer Chakravarthy Sulibele, who had referred to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge as ‘Ayogya’ during a public speech.
The order was passed by a bench comprising Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh.
Sulibele had made the remark in January 2024 while addressing a public gathering in Raichur, where he described Kharge using the term ‘Ayogya’. Following the speech, Jagadev Guttedar Kalagi, president of the Kalaburagi Congress unit, filed a complaint accusing Sulibele of using the term to incite hatred and violence against Kharge’s community. Subsequently, the Karnataka Police registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Challenging the case, Sulibele moved the Karnataka High Court. In October 2024, the High Court quashed the charges filed under the SC/ST Act but allowed the investigation under IPC provisions to continue.
Sulibele then approached the Supreme Court. In his petition, he argued that the High Court had wrongly interpreted the word ‘Ayogya’ as ‘rascal’. He contended that ‘Ayogya’ has several meanings in Indian languages, and the closest interpretation would be ‘inefficient’ or ‘incompetent’, not a derogatory or caste-based insult.
The Supreme Court, after examining the arguments, quashed the entire case, providing relief to Sulibele.
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Man thrown 50 ft into air as powerful storm lashes UP's Bareilly
Bareilly (PTI): In a shocking incident, a man was flung nearly 50 ft into the air along with a tin roof and thrown into a field during a powerful storm in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, where the adverse weather claimed at least four lives.
The man in the video, Nanhe Mian of Bamiyana village, suffered multiple injuries in the incident that occurred on Wednesday.
In a video of the incident doing the rounds on social media, the man is seen being launched into the air while he is holding onto the tin roof. He then lets go, does a somersault in the air and lands in the adjacent field.
Initially, some social media users expressed disbelief over the video and suspected that it was generated using artificial intelligence. But for Nanhe, an e-rickshaw driver, it is all too real.
Nanhe, around 50 years old, said on Thursday that he had gone to a wedding hall to collect some items when the storm intensified.
"The wind was so strong that the tin shed started making loud noises. I thought if I did not hold onto it, it would be blown away in the storm. So, I immediately grabbed a rope tied to the shed," he said.
"Then a very strong gust came and lifted both the shed and me into the air. I was carried nearly 50 ft into the air before the storm weakened and I fell to the ground," he said.
Nanhe, who lives with his wife and their five children, said he suffered injuries on his head, back, arms and legs. These include a fractured arm and leg.
Bareilly Police said in a statement that Nahne was standing inside the wedding hall in Bamiyana when strong winds and rain tore the tin roof of the structure.
According to the Uttar Pradesh government, at least 89 people were killed and around 50 injured in storm and rain-related incidents across the state on Wednesday.
Several animals were also killed and houses and shops were damaged in many places.
In Bareilly, four people were killed between 8.30 am and 11.30 pm on Wednesday, nine animals perished and around 30 houses suffered heavy damage, officials said.
Meet Nanhe Miyan of Bareilly, UP.
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During a severe storm at a wedding venue, he was lifted into the air along with a tin shed he was holding onto.
He flew high before crashing to the ground, breaking both arms and legs. Now hospitalised.pic.twitter.com/D616Z5X23L
