The petition has been filed by Syed Wasim Rizvi, former Chairman Uttar Pradesh Central Waqf Board and President, All India Shia Yateem Khana, alleging that few of the messages of God, the Almighty Allah written in the Holy Quran, are negative and promote violence and hatred.
The petition was filed by Sitaram Yadav through Advocate Dinesh Kumar Upadhyay seeking a direction to the state for the implementation of decision published in the extraordinary Gazette notification prescribing transportation charges of vehicle.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla while considering the matter ordered, "We deem it proper to dispose of the writ petition by granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the competent authority.
On 16 December, 2020, a three-judge bench of the Apex Court headed by the Chief Justice S. A. Bobde and comprising Justices A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, had issued notice to the Centre, ministries of Law and Justice and Women and Child Development.