According to JEE News, India’s Supreme Court has rejected a request to ban a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country.
The court rejected a plea filed by Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, saying that the request to ban the BBC’s operations in India was a “misconception”.
JEE News said with reference to the Supreme Court, “How can a documentary affect the country?”
The documentary “India: The Modi Question” looks at tensions between Modi and the country’s Muslim minority, “investigating claims about his role in the 2002 riots that killed more than a thousand people.”
When the film was released, people familiar with the situation reported that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry used emergency powers under the Information Technology Rules 2021 to force the removal of the links, and that both YouTube and Twitter complied. Agreed on.
A top Indian university also banned the screening of the documentary while students in New Delhi planned to watch it, defying efforts by Indian authorities to restrict its screening but the university’s registrar.
However, some defiant Indian students said they would do more screening.
Senior advocate Pinky Anand, who was representing the petitioner, argued that the BBC was “deliberately tarnishing the image of India” and also asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to hand over the documentary. called for an investigation into the “conspiracy” behind
The judges said that the petition is misconceived, how can the Supreme Court pass such orders.
