"Why This Vengeance?" Supreme Court As YouTuber Detained Under Tough Law

 

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The Supreme Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government not to shift YouTuber Manish Kashyap, arrested for allegedly circulating fake videos of migrant labourers being attacked in the southern state, from the Madurai Central Prison.

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha issued a notice to Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments on Kashyap's plea challenging his detention under the National Security Act.

"Apart from the relief sought under Article 32, the petitioner seeks to challenge the detention order under National Security Act (NSA). The petitioner is allowed to amend the plea. Issue notice on amended prayers.

"We direct that the petitioner be not moved from the Central Prison Madurai," the bench said.

The matter has been posted for hearing on April 28.

Senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, appearing for Kashyap, submitted that NSA has been invoked against Kashyap. The arrested Youtuber also faces six FIRs in Tamil Nadu and three in Bihar.

Expressing surprise, CJI Chandrachud said, "NSA against him? Why this vengeance against this man?" Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Tamil Nadu, said Kashyap made fake videos claiming that migrant labourers from Bihar were getting attacked in Tamil Nadu.

"He has got 60 lakh followers. He is a politician. He has contested elections. He is not a journalist," Mr Sibal said while opposing the transfer of cases to Bihar saying that the FIRs in Tamil Nadu were registered over the interviews he made in the southern state.

The top court had on April 11 issued notice to the Centre, Tamil Nadu and Bihar government on Kashyap's plea seeking clubbing of the FIRs lodged against him.
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Kashyap has already been detained under the National Security Act, Mr Sibal said and sought time to file a reply.

The counsel appearing for Kashyap who has also sought quashing of the FIRs lodged against him over the same alleged cause of action had told the top court that his client has now been booked under the NSA.

According to Madurai Superintendent of Police Shiva Prasad, Kashyap has been detained under the NSA.

Kashyap had, on April 5, appeared before the Madurai district court that ordered that he be remanded in judicial custody for 15 days, following which he was sent to the Madurai central prison.

In his plea filed in the top court, the petitioner had sought clubbing of all the FIRs registered against him in Tamil Nadu with those lodged in Bihar.

The petition also said the issue of alleged violence in Tamil Nadu against migrant labourers from Bihar was widely reported in the media and the petitioner, from March 1 onwards, raised his voice against it by making videos on social media platforms and writing content on Twitter.

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Congress's ‘40% commission’ dig as PM Modi dials top Karnataka BJP leader

 

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The Congress on Friday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Karnataka BJP leader and former minister KS Eshwarappa, claiming the latter is accused of demanding a 40% commission and was forced to resign over corruption charges.
Karnataka BJP leader KS Eshwarappa.(PTI file)
Karnataka BJP leader KS Eshwarappa.(PTI file)

Modi's call to Eshwarappa comes days after the BJP had denied the Shivamogga ticket to Eshwarappa’s son in the Karnataka assembly election scheduled for the next month. In the phone conversation with Eshwarappa, Modi is said to have praised the BJP leader and promised that the party will always be with him.

Reacting to the development, the Congress tweeted, “PM Modi congratulating BJP leader Eshwarappa for not rebelling despite being denied a BJP ticket is unacceptable! This man is accused of demanding a 40% commission and was forced to resign over corruption charges after a BJP worker, Santosh Patil, committed suicide. By praising such corrupt leaders, the BJP is sending a clear message that it endorses corruption and illegal activities."

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also took to Twitter to attack Modi.

“Such a stampede has taken place in Karnataka BJP that everyone is running away leaving it - and now Prime Minister Modi himself has to call Eshwarappa and beg him not to leave. Let us also tell that this is the same Eshwarappa on whom BJP worker Santosh Patil committed suicide by accusing him of 40% commission. After this, the Karnataka Contractor's Association had written a letter to the Prime Minister about 40% commission. But Prime Minister does not have any special problem with corruption, that's why lice will not crawl on his ears and ED, CBI, Income Tax nobody wasted their time on Karnataka's corruption,” Shrinate tweeted.

“The voices of rebellion are so strong in Karnataka that more than 40 rebels are in the fray in front of the BJP. Now these corrupt people are being pacified by calling them. Did the same thing in Himachal as well - remember the result, don't you? These 40% commissionaires will settle for less than 40,” she added.

Eshwarappa said he did not expect Modi's call. "It inspires me to win Shivamogga city and we’ll try all possibilities to bring the BJP government back in Karnataka. It’s not something special I have done. I told the same to PM Modi,” Eshwarappa said.

Eshwarappa, a former deputy chief minister, had recently conveyed to the party’s central leadership his decision to retire from electoral politics, and had requested to not consider fielding him in the assembly polls from Shivamogga.

The five-time MLA from the seat, however, had sought the ticket for his son KE Kantesh.

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