NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Maharashtra and the Assam governments on a plea filed by YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani for clubbing FIRs lodged against him for allegedly promoting obscenity in an online show.
SC Tags Ashish Chanchlani’s Plea with Ranveer Allahbadia’s Case on Obscenity Charges
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh sought a response from the States on his plea.
The court also ordered to tag his plea with a pending petition filed by Ranveer Allahabadia, who was earlier granted protection by the court after a severe oral rebuke.
YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani Seeks Clubbing of FIRs; SC Issues Notice to Maharashtra, Assam
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Chanchlani while hearing his anticipatory bail petition. The high court had asked him to be present before the investigating officer within 10 days.
On Friday, the bench pointed out to his counsel, that Chanchlani has already been granted bail in the matter.
The counsel submitted that he has got the relief but he was against lodging multiple of the FIR in connection with that one particular show. The bench told the counsel that it is already hearing the issue. After hearing submissions, the bench decided to tag Chanchlani’s plea in the pending matter.
The court on February 18 granted interim protection from arrest to influencer Ranveer over his comments in the YouTube show while calling it "vulgar" and saying he had "dirty mind" which put the society to shame.
Multiple complaints were filed against Ranveer and others for his comment on parents and sex on comic Samay Raina's YouTube show "India's Got Latent".
