New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a writ petition seeking recognition of alleged hate speech targeting the Brahmin community, described as “Brahmophobia”, as a punishable form of caste-based discrimination. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan permitted the petitioner, Mahalingam Balaji, who appeared in person, to withdraw the plea.
