SC rejects plea against stand-up comedian Bassi for "humiliating" lawyers
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking action against stand-up comedian Anubhav Singh Bassi for allegedly humiliating lawyers and the judicial system on his show 'Bas Kar Bassi'.
"What is this writ petition under Article 32 (of the Constitution)? Both of us can't understand what you want," a bench of Justices S K Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia told the petitioner.
Article 32 gives Indian citizens the right to moved the Supreme Court if they feel their fundamental rights have been violated.
The petitioner, advocate Farhat Warsi, told the court she had come across a video on YouTube that was derogatory to lawyers and the judicial system.
"I came across a video on Youtube named 'Bas Kar Bassi' and I saw that the respondent Anubhav Bassi has humiliated the advocates, the judicial system...," the petitioner said.
The bench said there are other people to take care of such things and the lawyer should worry about herself.
"...I think there are better things for you people to do, really," Justice Kaul observed, while dismissing the plea.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
