The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) agreed to schedule for urgent hearing a petition filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) seeking the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) into instances of alleged communal speeches attributed to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and a recent social media post, since deleted, depicting him discharging a firearm toward an animated image of two visibly Muslim men positioned within the crosshairs of the weapon accompanied by textual phrases like ‘point-blank shot’ and ‘no mercy’.
“As elections take place, part of the elections take place in the Supreme Court,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant remarked.
Chief Justice Kant agreed to give a date for a hearing to Advocate Nizam Pasha, who made the oral mention of the petition for an early date.
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The petition accused Mr. Sarma of indulging in a “sustained pattern of hate speeches”.
