Thread by @barandbench

BREAKING

#SupremeCourt Supreme Court hears the plea by suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma seeking transfer of FIRs against her after the remarks on #Prophet Muhammad

Sr Adv Maninder Singh: Milords

Justice Surya Kant: Why is she here under a deceptive name

Singh: she has threat..

Justice Surya Kant: She has threat or she has become security threat? The way she has ignited emotions across the country. This lady is single handedly responsible for what is happening in the country.

Justice Kant: We saw the debate on how she was incited. But they way she said all this and later says she was a lawyer it is shameful. She should apologise to the whole country.

Singh: FIR was in Delhi first..

Justice Surya Kant: What has Delhi police done ? Dont make us open our mouth ? What was the tv debate for? Only fan a agenda ? Why did they choose a sub judice topic ?

Justice Surya Kant: These acts are done by people who are not religious at all.

Singh: she will be called to magistrate court now...

Justice Kant: Her remarks show her obstinate and arrogant character. She should go to those courts

Justice Kant: What if she is the spokesperson of a party. She thinks she has back up power and make any statement without respect to the law of the land

Singh: There was a question by the anchor to which she responded..

SC: There should have been a case against the host then

Singh: But there was no intention. It was again and again said that the shivling was just a fountain or a fawarra. This was said by the debater on the other side and not the anchor
#NupurSharma

Singh: If this is the position then every citizen will have no right to speak

Justice Kant: in a democracy everyone has a right to speak. In a democracy grass has right to grow and donkey has the right to eat #NupurSharma

Singh reads the states where the FIRs against Nupur Sharma has been registered. It stretches across from Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur to Jammu and Kashmir among other states #NupurSharma

Sr Adv Singh reads the Arnab Goswami judgment on how journalistic freedom needs to be protected #NupurSharma

Justice Kant: There is nothing like that principle of law laid down which you wish to submit. #NupurSharma

Sr Adv Singh reads the TT Antony judgment on the aspect of multiple criminal proceedings on the same cause of action: Only the first information about a cognisable offence can be the source of Section 154 and thus no second FIR

Justice Kant: Thus you have the remedy and you can approach the High courts concerned in this case and cite this law #NupurSharma

Singh: it was only for one single episode. Here law laid down is for all citizen..

Justice Kant: Not all citizens, here a special treatment was meted out to an individual

#NupurSharma

Singh: Multiple FIR on the same incident cannot happen...

Justice Kant: The freedom of a journalist cannot be equated to that of a political spokesperson who is making statements on television and ignites emotions across the country

Singh: But the fundamental rights.. here it was only one incident. There was only one FIR in Delhi

Justice Kant: What happened in that FIR?

Singh: she has joined probe

Justice Kant: then what happened
There must have been red carpet for you. A red carpet !

@DelhiPolice

Singh: Even Satinder Singh Bhasin got a similar treatment where similar FIRs were clubbed. He was a businessman and not a journalist. He was not put in double jeopardy with respect to TT Antony case

Singh: I am not saying do not arrest me if i have done something wrong

Justice Kant: yes..yes..

#NupurSharma

Singh: This court has laid down a yardstick for multiple FIRs. Treatment of law should be equal

Justice Kant: When you register a FIR against someone then they are arrested but not you. This shows your clout.

Justice Kant: Sorry if the conscience of this court is not satisfied then law can be moulded accordingly

Singh: then I will withdraw the plea

SC: we allow the withdrawal

#NupurSharma