SC Gives Prashant Bhushan Protection From Arrest for Ramayan Tweet

Bhushan has approached court for quashing an FIR in Gujarat over his tweets about Ramayana and Mahabharata reruns.

The Supreme Court on Friday, 1 May, issued notice on a plea filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan, who has asked for quashing of an FIR registered against him in Gujarat for a tweet.

Bhushan had referenced Karl Marx's quote about religion being the opium of the masses in a tweet (see below) about the reruns of the Ramayana and Mahabharata TV serials on Doordarshan, during the coronavirus lockdown.

The tweet was posted in response to one by Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar of him watching the shows.