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SC Lawyer Who Helped Child Rapist Firoz Says “Upanayana” Ceremony Is Unconstitutional And A Criminal Offense

April 27, 2023
The Commune

Controversial Supreme Court lawyer Nitin Meshram who appeared for child rapist has been facing backlash for a tweet in which he said that Upanayana ceremony must be made a criminal offense as it violates the Indian Constitution.

Nitin Meshram was responding to a tweet of a Twitterati named Rupa Murthy who had shared a picture of her son’s Upanayana ceremony.

Upanayanam is a Hindu ritual in which a boy is invested with the sacred thread (poonool/janeu) and is initiated to receive Vedic education thereby starting his brahmacharyasrama, the first ashrama of an individual’s life.

It is not just performed by Brahmins but many other Hindu communities.

Responding to the above tweet, Nitin Meshram wrote that “Upanayana violates Articles 15 and 17 of the Constitution and must be made a criminal offense.”

He said that “the moment someone is declared Brahmin, the varna and caste hierarchy begins to reincarnate, which violates the principle of equality under Article 14.”

He went on to even recommend 3 years of rigorous imprisonment and ₹3 lakh.

Many on social media lashed out at the lawyer for his insensitive and outrageous comment.

Pankaj Saxena, Co-founder and Director of Culture Research at Brhat said that Nitin’s tweet incites hate against Brahmins and urged authorities to take action.

A few others pointed out if he has the galls to go after circumcision ceremony of Muslims since it also professes discrimination against non-Muslims.

This is not the first time the radical leftist has courted controversy.

Earlier, he boasted on Twitter that had obtained stay on the death penalty of a child rapist named Firoz and even justified it when critics of the infamous judgement lashed out at him.

Courtesy: OpIndia

Mohamed Firoz had raped a 4-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh in April 2013. The trial court had awarded a death sentence to Firoz. However, it was  commutted to a life imprisonment by the Supreme Court saying “every sinner has a future”.

On the other hand, this same Nitin Meshram had advocated death sentence in a similar case where the accused was a Pandit.

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