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Tandav row: SC declines protection from arrest to Director of web series, others
The SC was hearing a batch of pleas seeking the quashing of criminal complaints lodged in various states against the Director of web series, and others for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments.
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The row over Tandav intensified on Wednesday as the Supreme Court s responses remained unfavourable for the Amazon web series filmmakers.
The SC declined interim protection from arrest to
Ali Abbas Zafar, the director of the web series and others who were mentioned in FIRs filed in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. It added that they seek bail from the concerned courts.
The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to grant interim protection from arrest to Ali Abbas Zafar, Director of web series Tandav , and others seeking quashing of FIRs against them for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Hindus and issued notices Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and other states on their pleas. A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah was hearing as many as three separate petitions of Zafar, Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Mehra, the show s writer Gaurav Solanki and actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. Besides seeking quashing of the FIRs, the pleas have sought clubbing of FIRs.
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SC to hear pleas of Tandav director, actors and others seeking quashing of FIRs
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of pleas seeking quashing of criminal complaints lodged in various states against Ali Abbas Zafar, the Director of web series Tandav , and others for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. Besides Zafar, Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Mehra, the show s writer Gaurav Solanki and actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub have filed three separate petitions against the registration of FIRs in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah would hear the petitions against the FIRs.
Tandav Row: Supreme Court Of India Refuses To Grant Interim Protection To Makers And Cast Of The Web Series
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The controversy around Saif Ali Khan starrer web series refuses to die down and in the wake of all this the makers and the cast of the show approached the Supreme Court of India with an appeal for interim protection from arrest. In a hearing on Wednesday, the top court directed the petitioner to approach the High Court for relief from arrest and refused to grant protection.
A bench of three judges including Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah heard separate petitions from the show’s director Ali Abbas Zafar, Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Mehra, and writer Gaurav Solanki and actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub’s.