SC to hear pleas challenging ‘ban’ on BBC’s Modi documentary today

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear two petitions challenging the “ban” on the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, Live Law reported.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh will hear the matter. While one petition was filed by Journalist N Ram, TMC leader Mahua Moitra and Advocate Prashant Bhushan, the other plea was filed by Advocate M L Sharma.

Earlier, the apex court had agreed to list the case for hearing the case on February 6.

On January 20, the Centre ordered YouTube and Twitter to take down links sharing the documentary with officials saying it has been found to be “undermining the sovereignty and integrity of India” and has “the potential to adversely impact”