The court directs Chandigarh authorities to answer Kishwar's plea to quash an FIR over a social media post about Prime Minister Modi.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked Chandigarh Police to respond to academic Madhu Purnima Kishwar's petition seeking quashing of a case over circulation of a misleading video about Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, Bar & Bench reported.
LiveLaw reported that Justice Vikram Aggarwal directed the Chandigarh Administration to file an affidavit addressing the assertions made by Kishwar in her petition. The FIR concerns a social media post about a video clip allegedly showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving a face massage from a woman.
The court also directed the parties to address how the quashing petition would be maintainable or entertainable in view of a coordinate bench judgment in Kuldeep Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors., particularly since Kishwar's anticipatory bail application had earlier been dismissed, according to LiveLaw.
Bar & Bench reported that Chandigarh Police booked Kishwar in April this year for sharing a 14-second video clip with a misleading comment about the Prime Minister. LiveLaw reported that the FIR was registered on the complaint of an advocate, who alleged that the clip was being circulated by various social media users with misleading claims.
