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Business Standard
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
SC protects Kerala journo booked for defamation of politician on YT video
Taking note of the submissions, the bench said in the event of arrest, the journalist will be released on bail by the trial court upon on a bond and sureties as directed by the judge Press Trust of India New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to a Kerala-based journalist booked by the police for allegedly publishing a defamatory video against a prominent woman politician on his YouTube channel "Crime Online". A bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and Prasanna B Varale issued notice to the Kerala government and the station house officer of the police station concerned on the anticipatory bail plea of journalist Nandakumar TP. Taking note of the submissions, the bench said in the event of arrest, the journalist will be released on bail by the trial court upon on a bond and sureties as directed by the judge. It also directed the journalist to cooperate with the ongoing investigation. An FIR was lodged against the journalist under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for offences of outraging a woman's modesty, intimidation and intent to cause reputational harm, and dissemination of obscene content electronically. He was also booked under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act which penalises publication or transmission of obscene material in electronic form. The state police alleged a YouTube video posted by Nandakumar contained derogatory, sexually coloured, and threatening remarks aimed at humiliating and tarnishing the reputation of the woman leader. The Kerala High Court on June 9 declined to grant Nandakumar anticipatory bail and directed him to surrender before the police. The high court order was challenged in the top court, which posted the plea after six weeks. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The Hindu
7 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
SC grants interim bail to Kerala journalist T.P. Nandakumar booked for defamatory YouTube video against politician
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) granted interim bail to a Kerala-based journalist booked by the police for allegedly publishing a defamatory video against a prominent woman politician on his YouTube channel Crime Online. A Bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and Prasanna B. Varale issued notice to the Kerala government and the station house officer of the police station concerned on the anticipatory bail plea of journalist T.P. Nandakumar. Taking note of the submissions, the Bench said in the event of arrest, the journalist will be released on bail by the trial court upon on a bond and sureties as directed by the judge. It also directed the journalist to cooperate with the ongoing investigation. An FIR was lodged against the journalist under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for offences of outraging a woman's modesty, intimidation and intent to cause reputational harm, and dissemination of obscene content electronically. He was also booked under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act which penalises publication or transmission of obscene material in electronic form. The Kerala Police alleged that a YouTube video posted by Mr. Nandakumar contained derogatory, sexually coloured, and threatening remarks aimed at humiliating and tarnishing the reputation of the woman leader. The Kerala High Court on June 9 declined to grant Mr. Nandakumar anticipatory bail and directed him to surrender before the police. The High Court order was challenged in the top court, which posted the plea after six weeks.
Time of India
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Supreme Court protects Kerala journalist booked for posting defamatory YouTube video against a female politician
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to a Kerala-based journalist booked by the police for allegedly publishing a defamatory video against a prominent woman politician on his YouTube channel "Crime Online". A bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and Prasanna B Varale issued notice to the Kerala government and the station house officer of the police station concerned on the anticipatory bail plea of journalist Nandakumar TP. Taking note of the submissions, the bench said in the event of arrest, the journalist will be released on bail by the trial court upon on a bond and sureties as directed by the judge. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villa For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas in Dubai | Search ads Learn More Undo It also directed the journalist to cooperate with the ongoing investigation. An FIR was lodged against the journalist under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for offences of outraging a woman's modesty, intimidation and intent to cause reputational harm, and dissemination of obscene content electronically. Live Events He was also booked under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act which penalises publication or transmission of obscene material in electronic form. The state police alleged a YouTube video posted by Nandakumar contained derogatory, sexually coloured, and threatening remarks aimed at humiliating and tarnishing the reputation of the woman leader. The Kerala High Court on June 9 declined to grant Nandakumar anticipatory bail and directed him to surrender before the police. The high court order was challenged in the top court, which posted the plea after six weeks.
