The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from Uttar Pradesh to a plea by Congress leader Pawan Khera to quash criminal proceedings instituted against him over an alleged mispronunciation of the name of the Prime Minister as ‘Narendra Gautam Das Modi’ at a press conference in Mumbai.
A Bench headed by Justice B.R. Gavai was hearing an appeal filed by Mr. Khera, represented by senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, against a recent refusal by the Allahabad High Court to quash the case. The court also agreed to examine an interim plea by Mr. Khera to stay the trial.
Mr. Singhvi, in a previous hearing, said his client had already posted an apology on ‘X’, formerly Twitter.
