K’taka HC Relief For Kannada Actor Chetan, Stays Order On Returning OCI Card – FilmyVoice
In a short lived reduction to Kannada actor and anti-Hindutva activist Chetan Kumar Ahimsa, the Karnataka Excessive Court docket on Monday stayed an earlier order of the Central authorities on the cancellation of his Abroad Citizenship of India (OCI) standing.
Chetan Kumar had challenged the order within the courtroom. The bench headed by Justice M Nagaprasanna has ordered that neither the state nor the central authorities ought to provoke any motion in opposition to Chetan until June 2, 2023. The bench had additionally requested Chetan to not tweet something in regards to the judiciary. He was additionally directed to not problem any assertion relating to pending circumstances.
The bench requested Chetan to take away all of the tweets and submit an affidavit inside 4 days. This route is a part of the ultimate order and if any of the circumstances are violated, the interim keep order will probably be vacated, the courtroom advised Chetan Kumar.
Senior counsel Aditya Sondhi who argued for Chetan submitted that the petitioner ought to have been given a possibility to current himself earlier than issuing the present trigger discover. The Central authorities ought to set up how the tweets of Chetan quantity to sedition? If the courtroom doesn’t grant a keep on this order, the petitioner faces the specter of being extradited from the nation.
As soon as the OCI card is cancelled he’ll turn out to be an unlawful immigrant. The petitioner’s curiosity needs to be protected by the courtroom, the counsel acknowledged.
Extra Advocate Normal Arun Shyam who appeared for the state authorities submitted within the courtroom that the actor has the behavior of tweeting in opposition to the judiciary additionally and therefore he shouldn’t get interim safety.
The Union house ministry had cancelled the Abroad Citizenship of India standing of Chetan Kumar and he was requested to give up his OCI card inside 15 days.
Condemning the transfer, the actor had acknowledged that the discover has been issued to him as he can’t be defeated in his social oriented and rational work.
Chetan’s current declare that the Tirupati temple had been constructed after demolishing a Buddha temple had stirred an issue. In an interview he claimed that Hindu temples have been by no means Vaidik establishments. He stated that Hindu temples have been constructed after destroying Buddhist temples.
Chetan in his social media put up claimed that Hindutva is predicated on falsehood. He stated the assertion of BJP icon Veer Savarkar that the Hindu nation took form when Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after defeating Ravana is inaccurate.
He additionally acknowledged that the declare of Ramjanmabhoomi being on the web site of the Babri Masjid can also be a lie. In 2023, their (BJP) assertion of Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda killing then Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan can also be false.
Chetan underlined that Hindutva may very well be defeated by the reality. “Reality is equality,” his put up acknowledged.
