SC warns Raj on provocative speeches

The Supreme Court on Monday gave Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS chief Raj Thackeray a word of caution to desist from making provocative speeches targeting North Indians.

This filing of criminal cases will continue against you unless you stop these kind of things, a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice B S Chauhan said. The observations was made while issuing notice on a petition filed by Thackeray to transfer three cases filed against him in MP,Bihar and Jharkhand to Delhi.

The case filed in Mandasor in MP is in connection with the incident in which SP MLA Abu Azmi was slapped by MNS legislators.