Advocate Prashant Bhushan has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by Gujarat police alleging hurting of religious sentiments.A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna begins hearing.Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave is making...
Advocate Prashant Bhushan has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by Gujarat police alleging hurting of religious sentiments.
A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna begins hearing.
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave is making submissions.
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2020-05-01 06:46:25
1 May 2020 12:30 PM IST
FIR was registered against him in Gujarat’s Rajkot by a retired Army personnel Jaydev Joshi for “hurting Hindu religious sentiments” by using objectionable language against #Ramayana and #Mahabharata being shown on DD.
1 May 2020 12:17 PM IST
"Let notice be issued. No coercive action to be taken till next date of hearing" - Bench
1 May 2020 12:17 PM IST
Justice Bhushan to Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave: "Mr Dave, anybody can watch anything on TV. How can you say people cannot watch this and that ?"
Dave: "No we are not on people watching something on TV. But we are on FIR"
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