The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea against Kamal Hassan by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay who on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction from Election Commission (EC) to take action against actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's controversial comments referring Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as the "first Hindu terrorist in independent India."
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea against Kamal Hassan by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay who on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction from Election Commission (EC) to take action against actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's controversial comments referring Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as the "first Hindu terrorist in independent India."
The Delhi High court rejected the plea citing that when the incident had happened in Tamil Nadu, why has the case moved in Delhi High Court?
In his plea, the BJP leader alleged that Kamal Haasan's comment was made deliberately in the presence of a Muslim-majority crowd to gin votes, which is a corrupt practice under Section 123(3) the Representation of the People Act 1951.
"Kamal Haasan is deliberately promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony and brotherhood, which is an offence under Section 153A of the IPC," the plea noted.