Bihar migrants case: SC notice on YouTuber Manish Kashyap’s plea …

The SC bench has asked the states to file a reply and slated the hearing for April 21.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Apr 11, 2023 18:26 IST

YouTuber Manish Kashyap had surrendered before Champaran Police in Bihar in March, and is now under the custody of Tamil Nadu Police. (Photo: India Today) By Kanu Sarda [2]: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and the states of Bihar and Tamil Nadu on the plea seeking clubbing of FIRs against YouTuber Manish Kashyap for his tweets alleging attacks on Bihar migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Sanjay Karol issued the notice and asked the states to file a reply and slated the hearing for April 21. advertisement

READ | YouTuber, who spread fake videos of Bihar migrants attacked in Tamil Nadu, booked under NSA [3] Senior advocate Siddharth Dave, appearing for Kashyap, told the bench, "He is currently in custody of the Tamil Nadu Police in connection with sharing of a fake video regarding the alleged attack on migrant workers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu. Now the police have taken him for questioning after getting a remand order from a Madurai court.

He is being taken from one court to another like this." Dave further added that one offence cannot give rise to multiple proceedings, and it was held in the Arnab Goswami case. ALSO READ | Bihar YouTuber sent to 3-day police custody over fake videos of attack on migrant workers [4]

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state of Tamil Nadu, told the bench that the fake news resulted in deaths, and it is not a small matter. "He is already detained under NSA. The offences are different and the URLs of the programs are different.

We will file our reply and show how deeply he is involved," Sibal told the bench. Dave also cited the case of advocate Prashant Umrao, who was also given protection [5] from the Supreme Court for putting out tweets on the same Bihar migrant workers in Tamil Nadu issue. ALSO READ | 'Centre should intervene': Tejashwi on reports of attack on Bihar migrants in Tamil Nadu [6]

But Sibal opposed the submissions and said Kashyap's case is more serious and said, "I am always against fake news." Kashyap had shared videos on social media of migrant Bihari workers allegedly being attacked in Tamil Nadu. The videos were debunked as fake by fact-checkers and the state police department.

ALSO READ | Fact Check: Photos, videos of unrelated incidents passed off as Bihari migrants attacked in Tamil Nadu [7] --- ENDS --- Edited By:

ramesh sharma

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Apr 11, 2023

References

^ Kanu Sarda (www.indiatoday.in)
^ Kanu Sarda (www.indiatoday.in)
^ YouTuber, who spread fake videos of Bihar migrants attacked in Tamil Nadu, booked under NSA (www.indiatoday.in)
^ Bihar YouTuber sent to 3-day police custody over fake videos of attack on migrant workers (www.indiatoday.in)
^ advocate Prashant Umrao, who was also given protection (www.indiatoday.in)
^ 'Centre should intervene': Tejashwi on reports of attack on Bihar migrants in Tamil Nadu (www.indiatoday.in)
^ Fact Check: Photos, videos of unrelated incidents passed off as Bihari migrants attacked in Tamil Nadu (www.indiatoday.in)