Ashish Chanchlani.
| Photo Credit: Ashish Chanchlani Instagram
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 21, 2025) sought a response from the Maharashtra and Assam governments on a plea of YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani seeking to quash or transfer to Mumbai an FIR registered in Guwahati in connection with a case of allegedly promoting obscenity in an online show.
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh issued a notice and tagged Mr. Chanchlani’s plea with influencer Ranveer Allahbadia’s pending petition.
At the outset, the Bench told Mr. Chanchlani’s counsel that he was already granted bail in the matter.
The counsel for Mr. Chanchlani admitted that he has got relief but he was against lodging of multiple FIRs in connection with that one particular show.
The Bench said it was already hearing the issue and tagged Mr. Chanchlani’s plea.
On February 18, the top court granted interim protection from arrest to podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia over his comments on a YouTube show while calling it “vulgar” and saying he had “dirty mind” which put the society to shame.
Several FIRs were lodged against Mr. Allahbadia, popularly known as BeerBiceps, for the comment on parents and sex on comic Samay Raina’s YouTube show “India’s Got Latent“.
The Gauhati High Court Tuesday granted interim bail to Mr. Chanchlani while hearing his anticipatory bail petition and asked him to be present before the investigating officer within 10 days.
The FIR was registered by the Guwahati Police on a complaint of an individual on February 10 under various sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhtia (BNS), Information Technology Act, Cinematograph Act and Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
Published – February 21, 2025 02:13 pm IST
