NEW DELHI: In a recent development, the Supreme Court intervened to prevent the arrest of Shajan Skariah, the owner of the Marunadan Malayali Youtube Channel. Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, after reviewing the translated version of the Youtube channel owner Skariah’s remarks, concluded that the words used by him did not constitute defamation.
However, Chief Justice Chandrachud also noted that the complaint filed by MLA PV Sreenijan did not fall within the scope of the SC/ST Act.
Consequently, the court ruled that the accused could not be apprehended under the aforementioned sections.
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