Seventy-six lawyers of the Supreme Court have written to CJI NV Ramana and requested him to take suo-moto congnisance of hate speeches delivered against a religious minority in two separate events in Delhi and Haridwar.

TMC leader Mahua Moitra shared the letter on his Twitter account and wrote, "Urging Supreme Court to pay heed to this letter by lawyers urging suo moto cognizance to be taken of recent hate speech. No room for inaction. Wake up. Please."