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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a ban on the operations of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in India. A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna called it “entirely misconceived”.
The plea was filed by Vishnu Gupta, who claimed to be the president of a little-known Delhi-based outfit, Hindu Sena, in the wake of the controversy over the documentary titled ‘India: The Modi Question’ on the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.
Though the bench, also comprising Justice M M Sundresh, expressed its opinion that the plea was wholly misconceived, Senior Advocate Pinky Anand appearing for the petitioner urged the court to look at the background in which the developments took place.
The bench, however, wondered how the matter could even be argued and asked, “You want us to put complete censorship? What is this?”
Though the petitioner urged the court to list it along with petitions challenging the government direction asking social media platforms to remove links to the documentary, the bench declined to do so. “Let us not waste any more time… Writ plea is entirely misconceived. It has no merit,” the bench said, dismissing it.
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