SC issues notice to respondent in YouTuber Manish Kashyap’s amended petition

On Manish Kashyap’s amended plea challenging the detention order under the National Security Agency (NSA), the Supreme Court on Friday served notice to the respondent.The concerned respondent was requested by a panel led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud to react to the YouTuber Manish Kashyap’s revised argument. Manish Kashyap, the petitioner, sought to overturn the NSA detention order. The judge approved changing his plea.

Meanwhile, the court directed the petitioner Manish Kashyap not be moved from Central Jail Madurai till further orders and listed the matter for further hearing on April 28.
These directions came after Senior Advocate Siddhartha Dave urged the court not to drag him from one place to another by production warrants.

He also apprised the court that NSA has been invoked against Manish Kashyap by Tamil Nadu police.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Tamil Nadu Government, said, “Manish Kashyap has circulated fake news and incident in which FIRs have been registered are of separate nature.”
One of the lawyers appearing for the Bihar Government said, “Manish Kashyap is a habitual offender and prior to the incident eight separate FIRs were registered against him in Bihar.”

Manish Kashyap, a Bihar-based journalist said, “Many false FIRs were registered against him in Bihar and Tamil Nadu at the behest of the present ruling government.”
Kashyap sought interim bail and clubbing of all cases in one place.He said, “Cases against him were filed because he has raised the issue of violence against the Bihar-based migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu on social media.”
The YouTuber, who was caught allegedly circulating false and misleading information about purported attacks on migrant labourers working in Tamil Nadu was arrested from Bettiah in Bihar on March 18.