The Supreme Court on Friday sought the responses of Assam and Maharashtra governments on a plea filed by YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani to transfer the obscenity case registered against him in Guwahati to Mumbai..The FIR was lodged in relation to allegations of promoting obscenity on the show, India's Got Latent, where podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia is the key accused..The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotishwar Singh today noted that Chanchlani has already been granted anticipatory bail by the Gauhati High Court in the matter.Chanchlani's counsel said that the plea is for clubbing multiple FIRs."We are basically on which FIR should be considered," he said.The Court then proceeded to issue notice to the two States and tagged it with a similar plea filed by Ranveer Allahbadia, the prime accused in the matter."Issue notice and tag," the Court said..Senior Advocate Ajay Tewari and advocates Shubham Kulshreshtha, Apoorv Srivastava, Ashish Lalwani, Satya Rath, Amitabh Tewari and Manju Jetley appeared for Chanchlani..The controversial episode shot on November 14, 2024 at Khar Habitat but aired recently, saw consistent use of abusive language by the show’s panel, including Chanchlani, Ranveeer Allahbadia, comedian Samay Raina and others.The FIR against Chanchlani was lodged at the Cyber Police Station, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam, following a complaint filed by an individual on February 10. He has been booked for offences under Sections 79(words, gestures insulting modesty of woman) ,95 (hiring/ employing child to commit offence), 294 (sale of obscene objects to child) and 296 (obscene acts and songs) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and for offences under the Information Technology Act, 2000, Cinematograph Act, 1952 and Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.The Gauhati High Court had earlier granted him anticipatory bail in the matter..Chanchlani's plea before the Supreme Court has sought quashing of the Assam FIR on the grounds that it was registered after another FIR in Mumbai related to the same issue.“Quash the FIR bearing No. 03 of 2025 registered at Cyber PS Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam, as it was registered later,” the plea stated.As an alternative, Chanchlani asked for the FIR to be transferred to Mumbai where the first FIR was lodged..The top court had earlier granted interim relief from arrest to Allahabadia but barred him and other co accused persons from airing any shows till further orders. .[Read Live Coverage]
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the responses of Assam and Maharashtra governments on a plea filed by YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani to transfer the obscenity case registered against him in Guwahati to Mumbai..The FIR was lodged in relation to allegations of promoting obscenity on the show, India's Got Latent, where podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia is the key accused..The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotishwar Singh today noted that Chanchlani has already been granted anticipatory bail by the Gauhati High Court in the matter.Chanchlani's counsel said that the plea is for clubbing multiple FIRs."We are basically on which FIR should be considered," he said.The Court then proceeded to issue notice to the two States and tagged it with a similar plea filed by Ranveer Allahbadia, the prime accused in the matter."Issue notice and tag," the Court said..Senior Advocate Ajay Tewari and advocates Shubham Kulshreshtha, Apoorv Srivastava, Ashish Lalwani, Satya Rath, Amitabh Tewari and Manju Jetley appeared for Chanchlani..The controversial episode shot on November 14, 2024 at Khar Habitat but aired recently, saw consistent use of abusive language by the show’s panel, including Chanchlani, Ranveeer Allahbadia, comedian Samay Raina and others.The FIR against Chanchlani was lodged at the Cyber Police Station, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam, following a complaint filed by an individual on February 10. He has been booked for offences under Sections 79(words, gestures insulting modesty of woman) ,95 (hiring/ employing child to commit offence), 294 (sale of obscene objects to child) and 296 (obscene acts and songs) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and for offences under the Information Technology Act, 2000, Cinematograph Act, 1952 and Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.The Gauhati High Court had earlier granted him anticipatory bail in the matter..Chanchlani's plea before the Supreme Court has sought quashing of the Assam FIR on the grounds that it was registered after another FIR in Mumbai related to the same issue.“Quash the FIR bearing No. 03 of 2025 registered at Cyber PS Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam, as it was registered later,” the plea stated.As an alternative, Chanchlani asked for the FIR to be transferred to Mumbai where the first FIR was lodged..The top court had earlier granted interim relief from arrest to Allahabadia but barred him and other co accused persons from airing any shows till further orders. .[Read Live Coverage]
