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Mamata Banerjee Meme Row: Arrest Of BJP Youth Leader Prima Facie Arbitrary Says SC

By LawStreet News Network      15 May, 2019 12:00 AM      0 Comments
Mamata Banerjee Meme Row: Arrest Of BJP Youth Leader Prima Facie Arbitrary Says SC

The Supreme Court today (May 15, 2019) termed the arrest of BJP youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma as "prima facie arbitrary".

Sharma was arrested on May 10, 2019, for allegedly posting a morphed image of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on social media. Subsequently, she was sent to 14 days of judicial custody.

Today, a Bench comprising of Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna convened an urgent hearing of the matter on the request of Sharmas brother who informed the Court that despite its order passed on May 14, 2019, directing the State of West Bengal to release the BJP worker, she has not been released from jail.

However, the counsel appearing for the West Bengal government told the Bench that Sharma has been released from jail at around 9:40 am on May 15, 2019.

To this, the Bench said that Had she not been released, we would have issued contempt.

Further, the Bench observed that the arrest itself was prima facie arbitrary.

On May 14, 2019, the apex court had granted bail to Sharma and had asked her to tender a "written apology" at the time of her release from jail for sharing the meme on Banerjee.



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