New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued notice to the Center on a plea seeking a direction to the Central Government to stop the censoring of a BBC documentary on PM Modi related to the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Supreme Court has sought an answer from the Center in three weeks. The next hearing will be in April.
Senior advocate CU Singh, appearing for senior journalist N Ram, TMC MP Mahua Moitra and advocate Prashant Bhushan, told the Supreme Court that this is a case where emergency powers were invoked without orders being in public domain. He informed that tweets sharing the link of the documentary have been blocked.
Next hearing in April
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundres, while hearing the matter, said that the court cannot pass interim directions till it heard what the Center had to say. The court will next hear the case in April.
The petitioners contended that the Supreme Court had in the past “categorically laid down that criticism of the Government or its policies or even the judgment of the Supreme Court…does not tantamount to violating the sovereignty and integrity of India”.
On January 21, the central government banned the controversial BBC documentary "India: The Modi Question" in the country. However, student organizations in several educational institutions have created ruckus over the screening of the documentary, which has also created a controversy.
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