Pawar’Kaali’ poster row: FIRs in opposition to Manimekalai bunched
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Granting extra help to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the bunching of all FIRs filed in opposition to her in quite a few states for depicting Goddess Kaali as smoking a cigarette in a poster of her film Kaali, and transferring them to the Delhi Police.
Multiple FIRs had been lodged in opposition to her in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, whereas extending its interim order defending her from coercive movement, moreover gave her the liberty to technique the Delhi High Court for quashing the FIRs.
On January 20, whereas granting her interim security, the bench had said the FIRs would set off extreme prejudice to her. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, displaying for the Centre, sought directions to her for displaying sooner than a courtroom docket in reference to the FIRs.
“This is all about one film and moreover she is a US citizen and she can appear virtually before the court, if required,” the CJI said. In her plea filed by way of advocate Indira Unninayar, Manimekalai argued that the plenty of FIRs had infringed on her correct to freedom of speech and expression.
NEW DELHI: Granting extra help to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the bunching of all FIRs filed in opposition to her in quite a few states for depicting Goddess Kaali as smoking a cigarette in a poster of her film Kaali, and transferring them to the Delhi Police.
Multiple FIRs had been lodged in opposition to her in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, whereas extending its interim order defending her from coercive movement, moreover gave her the liberty to technique the Delhi High Court for quashing the FIRs.
On January 20, whereas granting her interim security, the bench had said the FIRs would set off extreme prejudice to her. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, displaying for the Centre, sought directions to her for displaying sooner than a courtroom docket in reference to the FIRs.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“This is all about one film and moreover she is a US citizen and she can appear virtually before the court, if required,” the CJI said. In her plea filed by way of advocate Indira Unninayar, Manimekalai argued that the plenty of FIRs had infringed on her correct to freedom of speech and expression.
