SC Grants Time To Tamil Nadu To Respond To Manish Kashyap's Amended Plea Against Invoking NSA

The court then fixed the next date of hearing for the case on May 8. 

The Supreme Court on Friday granted more time to Tamil Nadu to respond to the plea of Bihar-based Youtuber Manish Kashyap against invoking stringent National Security Act (NSA) for circulating fake videos of migrant workers being attacked in Tamil Nadu. 

On Friday, Manish's Kashyap's plea came up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha. The bench, as per PTI, took note of the request by lawyer Amit Anand Tiwari, appearing for the state government, for time to respond to the petition.

Senior advocate Maninder Singh, representing Kashyap, sought clubbing of all the FIRs lodged against the YouTuber in West Bengal and their transfer to Bihar in the interest of justice.

He alleged the state government invoked NSA against Kashyap, who is in jail for over a month now, during the pendency of his petition in the top court and this led him to amend the plea, as per PTI.

Following this, the Court gave time for Tiwari to file a fresh response to the amended plea. 

The court then fixed the next date of hearing for the case on May 8. 

Currently, Manish Kashyap is in Madurai prison for over a month now. 

Earlier, the Apex Court issued a notice to Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments on Kashyap's plea challenging his detention under the National Security Act. "Apart from the relief sought under Article 32, the petitioner seeks to challenge the detention order under National Security Act (NSA). The petitioner is allowed to amend the plea. Issue notice on amended prayers," the bench had said before posting the matter on Friday (April 28).

"We direct that the petitioner be not moved from the Central Prison Madurai," the bench added.