New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court today directed cartoonist Hemant Malviya to publish an apology on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms for posting an undignified caricature of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Appearing before a Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice N.V. Anjaria, Malviya's counsel, Advocate Vrinda Grover, said he had already complied with an earlier order by posting an apology and was now willing to delete the caricature entirely and re-publish the apology across all platforms.
Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj, representing the State of Madhya Pradesh, objected to the deletion of the post, arguing that it could affect the ongoing investigation. He...