New Delhi, Jan 21: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking stringent censorship on actor Kangana Ranaut’s all future statements on social media.
The apex court also did not agree to clubbing FIRs lodged against the actor in various states for her alleged sacrilegious statements against Sikhs.
A two-judge bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud and comprising Justice Bela M Trivedi, refused to entertain the petition filed by lawyer, Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal.
Singh had filed the petition before the Supreme Court, seeking its direction to transfer all the FIRs filed across India, against the actor for her remarks on farmers’ protest, to Khar police station, Mumbai, and seeking charge sheet to be filed within a period of six months along with expeditious trial within a period of two years.
The advocate said that Ranaut’s remarks and posts on social media “are not only outrageous and blasphemous but also intend to cause riots”.
“The remarks are not only outrageous and blasphemous but also intend to cause riots, hurt religious sentiments, they are defamatory as well as portray Sikhs in a totally anti-national manner. It also justifies the innocent killing of Sikhs. The remarks are totally against the unity of our country and the actress deserves a serious punishment from the law. They cannot be brushed aside or excused,” said the plea.
The plea filed through advocate Anil Kumar stated that the Union Home Ministry and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India are required to be directed by the Court to take certain prohibitions and preventive measures on social media posts of Ranaut.
None of her posts on social media should be allowed without amendment, deletion, modification or censoring in order to maintain law and order in the country, stated Chanderpal in the plea.
