SC grants protection to lawyer Prashant Bhushan against coercive action in a case

Whereas granting interim discount and protection to Bhushan, the apex courtroom talked about, “anybody can watch one thing on TV” and questioned as to how one can ask of us not to watch a express programme.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket docket Friday granted protection to activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan from any coercive action in an FIR lodged against him at Rajkot in Gujarat for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of the Hindus.

The FIR was lodged by former Army personnel Jaidev Rajnikant Joshi at Rajkot alleging that Bhushan injury religious sentiments of Hindus by tweeting against re-telecast of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata serials on DD by means of the coronavirus lockdown in the nation.

Whereas granting interim discount and protection to Bhushan, the apex courtroom talked about, “anybody can watch one thing on TV” and questioned as to how one can ask of us not to watch a express programme.

A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna, in the proceedings carried out by the use of video conferencing, issued uncover to the Gujarat Police and listed Bhushan’s plea after two weeks.

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, exhibiting for Bhushan, sought quashing of the FIR lodged against the activist lawyer and sought interim protection against any coercive measure in the period in-between.

In his criticism, Joshi had accused Bhushan of using phrase ‘opium’ for Ramayana and Mahabharata in a tweet on March 28 which “injury the feelings of many Hindu of us”. 

“As crores starve & stroll plenty of of miles dwelling due to pressured lockdown, our heartless ministers have enjoyable consuming & feeding the opium of Ramayana & Mahabharata to the of us,” reads Bhushan’s tweet.

Dave talked about he was not on the issue of as to what of us ought to watch on TV, nevertheless was arguing against registration of the FIR.

Bhushan had filed the plea on Thursday and it was listed a day after the bench, the registry sources talked about.