The Supreme Court granted interim relief to former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and directed that no coercive steps be taken against her in the FIRs/complaints registered over her remarks on Prophet Mohammad.
The same applies to any complaints or FIRs that may be registered in future against her, added the court.
Appearing for Sharma, Advocate Maninder Singh submitted that there are serious threats to her life, citing recent arrests of people in Bihar and inflammatory comments against her.
The Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Pardiwala, while dictating the order took notes of Salman Chishti, viral statement of killing the petitioner.
The court also noted that a man from Uttar Pradesh had threatened to behead petitioner.
It issued a notice to the Centre and states where FIRs have been registered to explore the modality of giving her security from life threats.
The bench was considering Sharma’s application to revive her withdrawn writ petition which was filed to club the multiple FIRS registered in different states over her remarks on Prophet Mohammed. She had also sought for a stay of arrest in the cases as interim relief.
In the Miscellaneous Application filed to re-open the writ petition, Sharma has said that she is receiving rape and death threats after the Court’s critical comments against her on July 1.
Nupur Sharma had withdrawn her petition on July 1 following the critical remarks by a vacation bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala against her public comments, which the bench said “set the whole country on fire”.
Sharma’s writ petition had sought the clubbing of the FIRS registered in the States of Maharashtra, Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir with the FIR registered by the Delhi Police.
