'Why So Touchy?' : Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against SP Leader Swami Prasad Maurya For Remarks About Ramcharitmanas

Awstika Das

25 Jan 2024 2:17 PM IST

  • Why So Touchy? :  Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against SP Leader Swami Prasad Maurya For Remarks About Ramcharitmanas

    The Supreme Court on Thursday (Friday 25) issued notice in Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya's plea for quashing of criminal proceedings over his alleged remark about Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas.The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had earlier dismissed Maurya's plea to quash legal proceedings in a Pratapgarh district court related to the controversial remarks about the epic...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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