New Delhi, July 15 -- The Supreme Court today granted interim protection to Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya, booked over a cartoon shared on Facebook allegedly containing derogatory references to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS.
A bench comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Aravind Kumar directed that the matter be listed after August 15 for further hearing.
The interim order was passed after Malviya submitted an apology.
The Court directed Malviya to file the apology in Hindi in the form of an affidavit and asked parties to complete pleadings before the next date.
Malviya has challenged a Madhya Pradesh High Court order denying him anticipatory bail in the case. The cartoon in question, originally made in 2021...