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HC prods UP to act against Taslima fatwa

HC prods UP to act against Taslima fatwa

Author: Manjari Mishra
Publication: The Times of India
Date: March 23, 2007

The Lucknow bench of the Allhabad high court on Thursday directed the UP government to report what action it intended to take over the fatwa issued by the All-India Ibtehad Council (AIIC) against exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen.

The division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Allahabad HC Hemant Laxman Gokhle and Justice Pradeep Kant passed the directions in a PIL filed by lawyer Adarsh Mehrotra, who evoked mandamus to restrain the "unconstitutional and undemocratic order passed by AIIC president Taqi Raza Khan, which was offending to the sovereign spirit of the Constitution of India".

The bench ordered the state to apprise the court of the line of action it proposed to follow in 10 days. The petition is slated for next hearing on April 5. Khan had offered a reward of Rs 5 lakh for anyone who eliminates the 'notorious writer'.


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