Supreme Court stays coercive action against TV anchor for remarks against Sufi saint
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said no coercive action be taken against TV news anchor Amish Devgan in multiple FIRs lodged in several states over his alleged defamatory statements against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.
A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari issued notices to those, who have lodged criminal cases against the journalist, and the state governments of Rajasthan, Telangana and Maharashtra where the FIRs have been lodged.
Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Devgan, sought relief and said Devgan has already issued a clarification for his allegedly objectionable tweet.
The top court, which has fixed the plea for hearing in the first week of July, has ordered that till then no coercive action would be taken against Devgan.
The FIRs and complaints had alleged that Devgan had used word ‘lootera' for the saint and later offered an apology.
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Ajit Pawar plane crash: PM Modi, Shah call Maharashtra CM Fadnavis
Mumbai (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday to enquire about the plane crash in which Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was killed.
Pawar, 66, and four other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed near his hometown Baramati in Pune district on Wednesday morning, officials said.
PM Modi and Union minister Shah later called up Fadnavis and took information about the plane crash, sources said.
In a post on X, Modi said Pawar's death was untimely and very shocking.
Ajit Pawar was a leader of the people with a strong grassroots level connect, he said.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader had left early on Wednesday from Mumbai for Baramati, where he was scheduled to address rallies for the February 5 zilla parishad polls.
