Justice A R Dave quotes Manusmriti in Yakub Memon case and triggers Brahmin vs Dalit war on Twitter

Justice A R Dave's quoting from Manusmriti has become controvesial

Staff correspondent, July 30, 2015, NewsCrunch

A simmering discontent with Supreme Court Justice  A R Dave's quotes from Manusmriti blew up into a full scale war between Brahmins and Dalit activists on Twitter on Wednesday.

While hearing Yakub Memon's mercy petition Justice A R Dave on Tuesday took a strong line that as he had killed 257 people in Mumbai blasts it was the duty of the state to punish him.

To reinforce his argument, Justice A R Dave recalled verses from Manusmriti, and said a King must punish the sinners or the sin will fall on him and that a ‘danda’ (stick) has to be used for those who inflict cruelty on the innocent.

The quotes did not go down well with the Dalit opinion, which considers Manusmriti as a treatise, which sanctioned the oppressive caste system. Dr Ambedkar had famously burnt Manusmriti in 1927 to protest the Indian varna system, which the doctrine considers to be divine.

After Yakub Memon's mercy pleas were rejected by the Supreme Court on Wednesday a few Dalit activists started tweeting that the hanging was a brahmincal act to uphold a brahmincal notion of the country.

That led to a fierce response from Brahmin accounts and in no time Twitter descended into a raging battle between the two groups. The topic, Brahmins, trended for a few hours across the country.

 Last year, Justice A R Dave had said that he would have introduced Gita and Mahabharata in class one, if he were the dictator of India. The comment was criticised by many, who said India was a diverse and a secular country to study any religious book in schools.

Brahmin Vs Dalit Twitter war after Yakub Memon death sentence cofirmed

After Dr. #Ambedkar burned the Manusmriti publicly 8 decades ago, Brahmin judge goes back to Manusmruti to justify #Yakub's hanging! #Shame

— Ambedkar's Caravan (@Silent_Steps) July 29, 2015

After Dr. #Ambedkar burned the Manusmriti publicly 8 decades ago, Brahmin judge goes back to Manusmruti to justify #Yakub's hanging! #Shame

— Ambedkar's Caravan (@Silent_Steps) July 29, 2015

Today #Brahmins were trending Now a Brahmin is Still Trending #JusticeMishra MAKE US PROUD! Will u??

— #AAPMurdererHain (@Tan_Tripathi) July 29, 2015

Gokhale- Moderate Social reformer PC Joshi- Communist Nehru- Radical reformer Godse- Murderer All Brahmins bt wat defined them is their act

— Nitin Chavan (@a20nitin) July 29, 2015

I request all Brahmins. Pls do not reply to those trying to abuse us. Let them bark.

— Rakesh Mishra (@rakeshNmishra) July 29, 2015

Loyalty & Brahmins?Come on,they licked every invaders' feet coming to this land & looted dalits along with them. https://t.co/SZLZ6ZWNOa

— AtheistClub (@Atheist_Club) July 29, 2015

From Raman to Ramanujan to Chandrashekhar to JC Bose all were Brahmins, but products of reservation are weak in G.K. https://t.co/BJVMOhAF4g

— In Tyler we trust. (@subodhdgame) July 29, 2015

Brahmins : Aryabhata, Bhaskarcharya, Paini................., CV Raman, Satya Nadella... this will be enough .

— Indians With Israel (@IndoIsraelForum) July 29, 2015

To everyone who blame the minority brahmins... first look at YOU. Are you noble? Yakub Memon is not a martyr. He's a terrorist!

— Pradyum Murali (@pRaDs_09) July 29, 2015

Ok, blame Brahmins for everything and send them out of India. But remember, they'll prosper wherever they go. Reason: pic.twitter.com/LImRn68005

— Barnadhya Rwitam (@BarnadhyaRwitam) July 29, 2015

3% Brahmins of India have 100% reservations in temples, 80% in judiciary, and 90% in media. Such a sorry state of nation.

— Ambedkar's Caravan (@Silent_Steps) July 29, 2015

And Brahmins do it without any reservation, Good for the country that deserving people are there, No? https://t.co/U6y1PB13nc

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) July 29, 2015

Those #YakubMemon supporters screaming against Brahmins.. Nathuram Godse was sentenced on 8 Nov 49. Hung on 15 Nov 49. And he was a Brahmin!

— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) July 29, 2015

Terrorism doesn't have religion but law has religion! Ridiculous! Blame Brahmins for everything is the new trend for Idiots! #Yakub

— Advait Deshpande (@AdvaitAOL) July 29, 2015

Sickulars and Libtards abusing Brahmins, Hindus, Modi, whatever they can think of ... It's so funny ... ROFL

— Governing_India (@India_Progress) July 29, 2015

Brahmins are the only creatures on the earth who can divide the society into 6000 castes and still can enjoy the title of patriots!

— Ambedkar's Caravan (@Silent_Steps) July 29, 2015

justice mishra, justice pant, justice roy.. 3% brahmins in whole population of country. 100% brahmins inside supreme court.. #YakubToHang

— kuffir nalgundwar (@kuffir) July 29, 2015

@kuffir@siddarajaegowda@sardesairajdeep They keep speaking all the time. Brahmins rule man, they are the super humans, just bow to them.

— Laloo Prasad (@lala2laloo) July 29, 2015

In the name of justice, Brahmins spinning hanging ropes for Dalits, Muslims and minorities in India.

— Ambedkar's Caravan (@Silent_Steps) July 29, 2015

Justice Dave -"Had I bn the dictator of India,I wd hv introdcd Gita & Mahabharata in class1" He quotes Rajdharma while rejctg Memon's plea.

— Engineer Shareef (@ishareef639) July 29, 2015