SC issues notice to Journalist Ajith Hanumakkanavar for his defamatory remarks on Prophet Mohammed
Bengaluru: Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Journalist Ajith Hanumakkanavar of Suvarna News Channel in case pertaining to his defamatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed and Islam in December 2018. Hearing the application filed by Mohammed Shareef, an SDPI member and issued a notice to the journalist.
The infamous case had called for public ire against the Kannada news channel and one of their leading journalists who had defamed Muslim messenger Prophet Mohammed and had made derogatory remarks against him.
Over 800 complaints were filed across police stations in state but only two of them had registered an FIR in this regard. Ajith had then moved to Karnataka High Court seeking its intervention to quash the FIRs and High Court ruled in his favour and quashed the FIRs.
Shareef, had then moved to Supreme Court of India in the case and had filed a petition in this regard, hearing which the SC issued notice to Ajith and state govt.
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Cummins doubtful for T20 World Cup? It's quite grey right now, says Aus head coach
Melbourne (PTI): Australia skipper Pat Cummins' chances of playing at next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka are "quite grey at the moment" as he battles a back stress issue that has affected his participation in the ongoing Ashes series against England.
Cummins returned to play the third Ashes Test in Adelaide after missing the opening two matches, picking up six wickets to help Australia clinch the series 3-0.
However, the Australian Test and ODI skipper will take no further part in the series and even his participation at the T20 World Cup is also uncertain. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh is Australia's T20I captain.
"Looking forward to the World Cup, whether he will be there or not, I can't really say. It's quite grey at the moment. We're hopeful," head coach Andrew McDonald was quoted as saying by 'ESPNCricinfo'.
The fast bowler was diagnosed with a lumbar stress reaction during Australia's tour of the West Indies in July. He underwent rehabilitation before being cleared for a carefully managed return in Adelaide.
"He's pulled up fine. He won't play any part in the rest of the series and that was a discussion that we had a long time out around his return," McDonald said.
"We were taking on some risk and people that reported on that would understand the risk associated with that rebuild. We've now won the series and that was the goal.
"So, to position him for further risk and jeopardise him long-term is not something that we want to do and Pat's really comfortable with that," he added.
The T20 World Cup is scheduled to begin on February 7 across India and Sri Lanka with the summit clash set for March 8.
Australia's first match is on February 11 against Ireland at Colombo. Although Cummins captains the Test and ODI teams, all-rounder Mitch Marsh leads Australia in the shortest format.
