SC to hear pleas against BBC documentary ‘ban’; Rijiju says ‘waste’ of court time

THE SUPREME Court said Monday that it will list for hearing on February 6 a PIL challenging the “ban” on the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. It also agreed to list for hearing a related plea seeking the quashing of “all orders directly or indirectly censoring” the documentary, including one by the Government “directing Twitter India to block 50 tweets with link to YouTube videos” on it.

The PIL was filed by Advocate M L Sharma who mentioned it before a bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud. As Sharma pressed for an urgent hearing, saying people were getting arrested, the CJI made it clear that it will come up on February 6 and told the counsel,