Indore cartoonist to publish apology on social media for post on RSS, Modi : SC

The court granted 10 days time to publish the apology on all his social media handles, including Facebook and Instagram.

Indore (Team Newsbuddy): The Supreme Court allowed Indore cartoonist Hemant Malviya to publish his apology across all social media platforms over an offensive Facebook post depicting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an undignified manner.

The court made the observations while hearing Malviya’s anticipatory bail plea in the case being probed by the Madhya Pradesh police over his 2021 post on Facebook. Earlier, the top court had granted him protection from arrest.
A bench of justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria said, “Our attention has been drawn to an affidavit dated August 16 where under the petitioner has tendered a whole hearted apology which we hope and trust is not from the pen but from the heart.” The court granted him 10 days time to publish the apology on all his social media handles, including Facebook and Instagram.

Malviya, represented by advocate Vrinda Grover, said that in the apology, the petitioner said the post was not intended to offend any organisation or individual. She also offered to delete the post from all the social media platforms of the petitioner.