SC to hear plea against Ajith Hanumakkanavar for his alleged defamatory remarks on Prophet Muhammed
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday accepted a plea by Popular Front of India legal cell against Journalist and TV Anchor of a private news channel Ajith Hanumakkanavar for his alleged defamatory remarks on Prophet Muhammed on TV.
The appeal was filed by PFI legal cell led by Supreme Court Advocate Mohammed Umar Farooque. Advocate Ashraf Agnadi informed Vartha Bharati that the appeal was accepted by SC.
A local SDPI Party worker from Mangaluru Mohammed Shareef Pandeshwar, had earlier filed a complaint against the journalist at Mangaluru’s Pandeshwar Police Station. Ajith’s remarks had called for protests and condemnation from several ends.
Ajith’s lawyer had filed a petition in Karnataka High court to dismiss the case filed by Shareef. A High Court Bench led by Justice Arvind Kumar after hearing the petition had dismissed the case and investigations against Ajith.
After the case was dismissed by the High Court, the issue was discussed at the legal cell of the PFI and it was decided to contest against the High Court’s order at the apex court. All the documents pertaining to the case was submitted to the Supreme Court along with the petition by Advocate Umar Farooque.
Ashraf informed “The plea has been accepted by the Supreme Court and Special Leave Petition (SLP) will soon be accepted, followed by which notices will be sent to State Government and the accused and the case will be heard later”.
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Allahabad court restrains FIR order against Gandhi
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has restrained its order directing an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the alleged dual citizenship controversy.
The court will now hear the parties on whether prior notice to the accused was legally required.
A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi, which had in Friday in an oral order observed that prima facie cognisable offences appeared to be made out against Gandhi, and permitted the Uttar Pradesh government to hand over the probe to a central agency, said it would first examine the legal position on issuance of notice before passing any direction.
The development came after the bench, before signing its dictated order, came across a full court verdict mandating that notice be issued to the proposed accused in such matters.
The court noted that none of the counsel brought this legal requirement to its attention in the earlier hearing.
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The bench has posted the matter for April 20.
The order was passed on a plea filed by Karnataka-based BJP worker S Vignesh Shishir.
During the Friday proceedings, Deputy Solicitor General of India S B Pandey produced records of the Centre relating to the citizenship controversy, while government advocate V K Singh submitted on behalf of the state that the allegations prima facie disclosed cognisable offences.
After a hearing, the bench observed that material on record indicated that Gandhi had allegedly committed cognisable offences and that the matter warranted investigation.
In his petition, Shishir alleged that Gandhi was a UK citizen and had incorporated a company, M/s Backops Ltd, in August 2003, declaring his nationality as British.
The petitioner claimed that Gandhi submitted the company's annual returns in October 2005 and October 2006 listing his nationality as British, and that the firm was dissolved in February 2009.
He sought registration of an FIR against the former Congress president under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Official Secrets Act, the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act.
The complaint was initially filed before a special MP/MLA court in Rae Bareli and was later transferred to Lucknow on the petitioner's request.
