SC dismisses plea in search of full ban on BBC from working in India
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea in search of to impose a whole ban on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in India, saying it’s “entirely misconceived”.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh handed the order whereas listening to a plea filed by Vishnu Gupta, president of the Hindu Sena, and Beerendra Kumar Singh, a farmer.
“The writ petition is entirely misconceived and has no merit and is accordingly dismissed,” the bench stated.
Alleging that the BBC has been biased towards India and the Indian authorities, the plea alleged that its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “result of deep conspiracy against global rise of India and its prime minister”.
“The documentary film by BBC relating to Gujarat violence 2002 implicating Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not only reflective of anti-Narendra Modi cold propaganda broadcast to tarnish his image alone but this is anti-Hinduism propaganda by the BBC to destroy the social fabric of India,” the plea had alleged.
On February 3, the apex court docket had sought responses from the Centre and others on the separate petitions difficult its determination to dam the documentary.
The pleas, on which discover was issued by the highest court docket, have been filed by veteran journalist N Ram, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan and lawyer M L Sharma.
The high court docket had on February 3 additionally directed the central authorities to provide unique data referring to its determination to dam the BBC documentary.
On January 21, the federal government had issued instructions for blocking a number of YouTube movies and Twitter posts sharing hyperlinks to the controversial documentary.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea in search of to impose a whole ban on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in India, saying it’s “entirely misconceived”.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh handed the order whereas listening to a plea filed by Vishnu Gupta, president of the Hindu Sena, and Beerendra Kumar Singh, a farmer.
“The writ petition is entirely misconceived and has no merit and is accordingly dismissed,” the bench stated.
Alleging that the BBC has been biased towards India and the Indian authorities, the plea alleged that its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “result of deep conspiracy against global rise of India and its prime minister”.
“The documentary film by BBC relating to Gujarat violence 2002 implicating Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not only reflective of anti-Narendra Modi cold propaganda broadcast to tarnish his image alone but this is anti-Hinduism propaganda by the BBC to destroy the social fabric of India,” the plea had alleged.
On February 3, the apex court docket had sought responses from the Centre and others on the separate petitions difficult its determination to dam the documentary.
The pleas, on which discover was issued by the highest court docket, have been filed by veteran journalist N Ram, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan and lawyer M L Sharma.
The high court docket had on February 3 additionally directed the central authorities to provide unique data referring to its determination to dam the BBC documentary.
On January 21, the federal government had issued instructions for blocking a number of YouTube movies and Twitter posts sharing hyperlinks to the controversial documentary.
