Prayagraj , The Allahabad Excessive Courtroom has dismissed a writ petition looking for the registration of an FIR in opposition to non secular chief Rambhadracharya over his alleged objectionable remarks in regards to the Upadhyay neighborhood and revered non secular personalities, together with the Shankaracharyas.
A two-judge bench comprising Justices Chandra Dhari Singh and Tarun Saxena noticed that an individual aggrieved by the non-registration of an FIR should ordinarily first exhaust the statutory treatments out there underneath the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita previous to invoking the excessive courtroom’s extraordinary jurisdiction underneath Article 226.
In its order dated September 1, the courtroom dismissed the writ petition filed by Ramesh Upadhyay of Varanasi. Nevertheless, he was granted liberty to avail an applicable treatment underneath legislation.
In keeping with the petitioner, sure statements made by Rambhadracharya, the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth in Chitrakoot, prompted “grave psychological agony, humiliation and insult” to him and different members of the Upadhyay neighborhood.
The petitioner alleged that Rambhadracharya additionally made objectionable statements in opposition to the 4 Shankaracharyas, hurting the non secular sentiments of a number of followers.
Movies of his statements have been circulated on social media platforms, together with YouTube, he claimed.
The petitioner apprised the courtroom that he had submitted a criticism to the Commissioner of Police, Varanasi, on October 8, 2025, looking for the registration of an FIR in opposition to the non secular chief underneath applicable penal provisions. Nevertheless, no FIR had been registered until date.
The State opposed the petition contending that the petitioner had not approached the involved police station and had straight approached the excessive courtroom with out first availing the treatment underneath Part 175 BNSS earlier than the Justice of the Peace.
“This Courtroom is of the thought of view that if an individual has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police, or that having been registered, a correct investigation isn’t being performed, then the treatment of the aggrieved individual is to not method the Excessive Courtroom underneath Article 226 of the Structure, however to method the Justice of the Peace involved underneath Part 175 BNSS,” the courtroom mentioned.
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