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“In a State Like Tamil Nadu…” SC Dismisses YouTuber Manish Kashyap’s Plea To Club FIRs In Fake Videos Case

The Supreme Court (SC) has refused to entertain a plea of jailed Bihar YouTuber Manish Kashyap against whom the stringent National Security Act (NSA) has been invoked for allegedly circulating fake videos of migrant labourers being attacked in Tamil Nadu.

SC refuses YouTuber Manish Kashyap’s plea

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, however, granted Kashyap the liberty to challenge the invocation of the NSA at an appropriate judicial forum.

The SC also rejected the plea for clubbing all 19 FIRs against him and their transfer to Bihar.

“You have a stable state, a state like Tamil Nadu and you circulate anything to create trouble! We cannot be lending our ears to this,” the bench said while rejecting the vehement submissions of senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for Kashyap who is presently lodged in Madurai jail of Tamil Nadu.

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Earlier, the top court had granted time to the Tamil Nadu government, represented by lawyer Amit Anand Tiwari, to respond to the amended plea of Kashyap against whom the stringent NSA was invoked for allegedly circulating the videos.

Several FIRs against Kashyap

The arrested Youtuber faces several FIRs and out of them, three have been lodged in Bihar.

The top court had on April 11 issued notice to the Centre, the Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments on Kashyap’s plea seeking clubbing of the FIRs lodged against him and their transfer to his native state.

(With Input Feeds)

Alina Khan

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