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Subramanian Swamy moves SC against NBWs
New Delhi, June 2
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy
on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging issuance of non-bailable
warrants against him by a court in Assam over his controversial
comments that mosques were not religious structures.
A vacation
bench of Justice Prafulla C. Pant and Justice Amitava Roy asked Swamy to
first complete all the procedural requirements in the court's registry
before mentioning the matter.
The additional chief judicial
magistrate of Karimgang in Assam has asked police in Assam and Delhi to
produce Swamy before it on or before June 30.
The case against
Swamy before the Karimgang court relates to his March 2015 comments
wherein he had said that mosques were just buildings with no religious
sentiments attached to them and could be pulled down anytime.
During
a programme in Guwahati, Swamy had also said that in Saudi Arabia,
mosques, if required, are pulled down and constructed at other places.
Following
a complaint, a case was registered against Swamy on charges of
conspiracy and promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of
religion.