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Guj HC judge recuses from hearing Setalvad’s plea in ‘objectionable’ tweet case

PTI, Ahmedabad | By
Jan 19, 2017 09:41 PM IST

A Gujarat High Court judge on Thursday recused himself from hearing activist Teesta Setalvad’s petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered against her by Ahmedabad police in 2014 for uploading “objectionable” pictures of Hindu deities on a popular social networking site.

A Gujarat High Court judge on Thursday recused himself from hearing activist Teesta Setalvad’s petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered against her by Ahmedabad police in 2014 for uploading “objectionable” pictures of Hindu deities on a popular social networking site.

Teesta Setalvad has been charged with IPC sections 153(a) (promoting enmity between two religious groups) and section 205(a) (outraging religious feelings), besides sections of the IT Act.(AFP file)
Teesta Setalvad has been charged with IPC sections 153(a) (promoting enmity between two religious groups) and section 205(a) (outraging religious feelings), besides sections of the IT Act.(AFP file)

Justice J B Pardiwala recused himself from hearing the plea filed by Setalvad in July 2015.

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“Not before me,” Pardiwala said when the matter came up for hearing before him.

The FIR had been registered against Setalvad in Ghatlodia police station in Ahmedabad in August 2014, based on a complaint by a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activist, Raju Patel, who alleged that she hurt religious sentiments by uploading “objectionable” pictures of Hindu deities on Twitter.

Setalvad has been charged with IPC sections 153(a) (promoting enmity between two religious groups) and section 205(a) (outraging religious feelings), besides sections of the IT Act.

In September last year, the court had issued notices to the respondents- Gujarat government and Raju Patel, who had filed the complaint. However, the matter had not been heard since then.

In August 2015, Pardiwala had exempted Setalvad from appearing in person before Ghatlodia police station every month on her plea seeking exemption from the condition imposed on her by a lower court while granting her anticipatory bail in connection with the case.

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