The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Assam and Maharashtra governments over YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani’s plea seeking clubbing of FIRs registered against him in connection with the ‘India’s Got Latent’ row. The Gauhati High Court had earlier granted anticipatory bail to the YouTuber.
Supreme Court issues notice on a plea of YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani against multiple FIRs registered against him in connection with India's Got Latent show.
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Supreme Court issues notice to the states of Maharashtra and Assam on Chanchalani’s plea and tags his plea with YouTuber… pic.twitter.com/jf0oliQX5L
Hearing Chanchlani’s plea, a bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotishwar Singh observed that the YouTuber has already been granted interim relief by the Gauhati High Court. However, Chanchlani’s counsel said their plea was regarding the clubbing of FIRs registered in Guwahati and Mumbai or quashing of FIRs registered in Assam due to the similar nature of charges. The bench ordered the issuance of notice to respective state governments and to tag the case with pleas filed by YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, the key accused in the matter.
Earlier, the Gauhati High Court granted Chanchlani interim protection from arrest and directed him to appear before investigators in Assam within 10 days.
While hearing YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia’s plea, the Supreme Court lashed out at him and said his controversial comments “reflected perversion in his mind”. The apex court said parents and sisters would be ashamed of comments he made during the show. However, the Court granted Allahbadia interim protection from arrest and stayed registering of fresh FIRs over the matter. The top court also restricted him from doing shows for the time being.
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Hearing Allahbadia’s plea, the bench had observed, “Such behaviour has to be condemned. Just because you are popular you cannot take the society for granted. Is there anyone on earth who will like this language? There is something very dirt in his mind which has been vomited.”
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Cyber Cell has summoned the YouTubers and actor Rakhi Sawant for interrogation in connection with the case. Apparently, Sawant has appeared as a guest in one of the ‘India's Got Latent’ episodes.
