New Delhi, July 7 -- The Supreme Court on Monday, July 6, declined to hear an urgent listing of a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging objectionable and derogatory comments made against Prophet Muhammad by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Morcha leader Nazia Elahi Khan.

A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Sheel Nagu told the petitioner that although the issue was "very grave," he must first approach the police. The Court criticised the increase in filing petitions bypassing due procedure laid out by law. The orally mentioned public interest petition read by the petitioner's counsel stated that Khan's alleged remarks may "disturb the communal harmony across the country."

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