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Migrant workers row | Supreme Court dismisses plea for relief by YouTuber accused of spreading fake news

The Supreme Court on May 8 declined to intervene in a plea filed by YouTuber Manish Kashyap to club and transfer to Patna the FIRs accusing him of spreading ‘fake’ videos about Bihar migrants being under attack in Tamil Nadu.

“We have serious reservations here. These are stable States… a State like Tamil Nadu. You just create anything and cause disquiet in that State. We cannot lend our offices to such things,” Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud firmly told Kashyap’s lawyer, senior advocate Maninder Singh.

The court said Kashyap was at liberty to pursue his legal remedies in accordance with the law before other fora.

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