New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, August 12, said that the problem of hate speech is “not good and nobody can accept it”, asking a committee led by the director general of police (DGP) to examine complaints and the veracity of the allegations of such speeches made in Haryana following the violence in Nuh.According to the news agency PTI, the top court observed that there has to be “harmony and comity” between communities and asked the Union government to constitute a committee to look into the cases.The court made these observations during the resumed hearing of a plea seeking action against those who called for the social and economic boycott of the Muslim community following the violence in Nuh.Shaheen Abdulla, who filed the plea, relied on a video in which an organisation on August 2 warned residents and shopkeepers of boycott if they continue to employ any Muslims. The video was from a neighbourhood in Hisar, Haryana and police officials could be seen in the video.The petitioner stated that such calls not only “demonise communities and openly call for violence” but also would “inevitably lead to communal disharmony and violence”, according to Economic Times.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti asked additional solicitor general K.M. Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, to seek instructions and inform it about the committee by August 18. “There has to be harmony and comity between the communities. All the communities are responsible. The problem of hate speech is not good and nobody can accept it,” the bench observed.The top court also directed the petitioner to collate all the material, including video, and submit them to the nodal officers appointed in pursuance to the court’s October 2022 judgment on hate speeches.Observing that hate speeches vitiate the atmosphere, the top court had said that wherever required, adequate police force or paramilitary force would be deployed and the authorities, including the police, will use CCTV cameras installed or record/make video recordings in all sensitive areas.According to ET, Justice Khanna suggested that a DGP-led committee of three-four police officers – nominated by the DGP – examine complaints and the veracity of the allegations. If found true, the bench said, “directions can be issued to the police authorities to act against the miscreants”.The counsel for the Union government said the government does not support hate speech. The counsel added that in some places the mechanism to tackle hate speech was not working.