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The Bombay High Court, while hearing a plea seeking to block the Twitter account of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, said that she also has the right to express her thoughts on Twitter.
A bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice MS Karnik said this while hearing a criminal plea filed by Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh.
The bench asked the petitioner in what way has the actor’s tweets hurt the petitioner.
To which, the petitioner replied, “I am a Maharashtrian, Mumbaikar and she calls the court Pappu Sena. This hurts me and that is a personal injury.”
The petitioner alleged that the actor is spreading communal hatred and prejudice with her tweets and comments.
Justice Shinde told the petitioner:
“Any individual can have this account. She also has the fundamental right to have an account to express her thoughts. So, you have to show how your fundamental rights are breached. Unless the case comes under the reasonable restrictions, can we accede to your request? If you have to judge what will you do?”
The High Court asked the advocate for the state government – Jayesh Yagnik to convert the petitioner into a PIL (Public Interest Litigation).
The bench said, “Constitutional right and constitutional remedy are different. This is a vague petition.”
