Overview

• A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice on an application targeting a September 15 post from the official BJP Assam handle on X.
• Petitioners argue the AI-generated clip advances a false narrative depicting Muslims seizing institutions and claiming a 90 percent Muslim population in the state.
• The bench signaled that police should register FIRs suo motu in such matters and warned that inaction could attract contempt.
• The court sought explanations from BJP Assam and X, and the video had garnered over 4.6 million views with thousands of interactions by September 18.
• Journalist Qurban Ali and Senior Advocate Anjana Prakash filed the application through AoR Lzafeer Ahmad within a broader PIL on enforcing action against hate speech.