Around five years ago, a case was registered against Raveena Tandon and choreographer, director Farah Khan for allegedly hurting
religious sentiments
. This controversy apparently started during an episode on Khan's show '
Backbenchers
' where celebs were asked to spell and explain words. during this time, apparently, comedian
Bharti Singh
mispelled a word which led to petitioners argue and they portrayed her to make fun of a religion. Thus, FIRs were filed against Bharti Singh, screenwriter Abbas Ajij Dalal, Farah and Raveena at the Ajnala police station in December 2019.
This was reported as per Hindustan Times, as they quoted lawyer Abhinav Sood who explained the whole controversy. Now the latest update on this matter is that the court has given Raveena, Farah and other relief in this matter. The
Punjab and Haryana High Court
said that they won't be called anymore in this matter for investigation, at least till the next hearing which is on July 14.
This secision has come after Justice Manisha Batra-led bench was told that that Punjab and other respondents had begun to issue notices under
Section 35 of the BNS
, calling them for further investigation in the case. Thus, as quoted by The Tribune, this decision was made and the court has said, "Till the next date of hearing, no such step shall be taken by the respondent."
The legal team maintained that the claims made in these complaints were exaggerated and unfounded and there was no intention to hurt anyone’s religious beliefs. Earlier, the High Court had previously paused any arrest with regards to these FIRs. The next hearing will take place on July 14 as per this report.
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