Nupur Sharma’s lawyer told the apex court that she had been facing increasing threats to her life since the court’s scathing order on July 1.
New Delhi: The Supreme court on Tuesday said that no coercive action was to be taken against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in any existing or future FIRS or complaints over her comments on Prophet Mohammed during a live television debate on May 26.
The SC also asked various states to respond to her requests to combine multiple FIRs against her into one.
Delhi, Maharashtra, Telengana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Assam are the states that have been asked to respond to Sharma’s case.
Nupur Sharma’s lawyer told the apex court that she had been facing increasing threats to her life since the court’s scathing order on July 1.
“There is an ever-increasing threat to her safety. No amount of security could help her. Whatever happened in Supreme Court last time may have happened. But there is a real and genuine threat now. In Bengal also there is an FIR against her,” Nupur Sharma’s lawyer Maninder Singh told the top court.
“After the July 1 order, she pleaded there had been instances like an Ajmer Dargah employee threatening on the video to slit her throat and another UP resident abusing her and threatening to behead her.”
“More FIRs have been registered in Bengal and the Kolkata police have issued a look out circular against her due to which she apprehends her immediate arrest and denial of opportunity to approach different High Courts to seek the quashing of FIRs,” Mr. Singh said.
“There are already laid down laws on how there cannot be multiple FIRs for the same offense.” He argued.
“Our main concern is that you can take an alternate legal remedy. But you are saying unfortunate incidents taking place and they are preventing you from going to various courts… So we have to ensure that we do not prevent your right to a legal remedy,” Justice Surya Kant said.
He further said, “On July 1 we had given liberty to the petitioner to seek other legal remedies, But now she points it becomes impossible for her to seek other legal remedies. And there is an immediate need to protect her life and liberty”.
In the July 1 hearing, the SC had said Nupur Sharma should apologize to the country for triggering tension with her remarks.
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