The Supreme Court docket on Monday refused to entertain a plea of jailed Bihar YouTuber Manish Kashyap in opposition to whom the stringent Nationwide Safety Act (NSA) has been invoked for allegedly circulating pretend movies of migrant labourers being attacked in Tamil Nadu.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, nonetheless, granted Kashyap the freedom to problem the invocation of the NSA at an applicable judicial discussion board.
It additionally rejected the plea for clubbing all 19 FIRs in opposition to him and their switch to Bihar.
We aren’t inclined to entertain the plea, the bench mentioned whereas rejecting the vehement submissions of senior advocate Maninder Singh, showing for Kashyap who’s presently lodged in Madurai jail of Tamil Nadu.
Earlier, the highest court docket had granted time to the Tamil Nadu authorities, represented by lawyer Amit Anand Tiwari, to reply to the amended plea of Kashyap in opposition to whom the stringent NSA was invoked for allegedly circulating the movies.
The arrested Youtuber faces a number of FIRs and out of them, three have been lodged in Bihar.
The highest court docket had on April 11 issued discover to the Centre, the Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments on Kashyap’s plea looking for clubbing of the FIRs lodged in opposition to him and their switch to his native state.
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First Revealed: Might 08 2023 | 12:04 PM IST