The Bombay high court recently heard a case against actress Kangana Ranaut wherein a petitioner had claimed that the actress tweets caused him personal injury and brake his fundamental rights.
Observing Kangana’s personal rights, the court said that she has the right to express her views and opinions on Twitter and it is not up to the court to keep her deprived of using the social media platform.
In the latest, the court has asked the petitioners to come up with fresh arguments for the hearing which is scheduled to be held on January 7.
Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, who is a petitioner, affirmed that Kangana’s tweets on Mumbai and the Maharashtra Government have been hurtful. He also blamed the actress for building a break between associations by her tweets.
The petition was heard by Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik who said, “This petition needs to be converted into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), otherwise many people will read newspapers and start coming to the court stating they are hurt. Constitutional right and constitutional remedy are different. This is a vague petition.”
Justice Shinde also added, “Any individual can have this account. She also has the fundamental right to have an account to express her thoughts. So, you have to show how your fundamental rights are breached. Unless the case comes under the reasonable restrictions, can we accede to your request? If you have to judge what will you do?”
Kangana has been observant of the Maharashtra government and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his party Shiv Sena. The next hearing of this case is now scheduled on 7 January.
Kangana Ranaut has brought a storm on social media with her tweets. The actress never feels shy or nervous about expressing her perspectives on matters of national importance, that’s why she always gets involved into a war of words with many people.
