The Supreme Court has transferred a criminal case pending against artist M. F. Husain, for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus, from a court in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to a court in the Patiala House here.
A Bench consisting of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices C.K. Thakker and R.V. Raveendran, after hearing senior counsel Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi on Monday, ordered the shifting of the case on a petition filed by Mr. Husain. Already six cases against him are pending in a Patiala House court.
The apex court on October 5, 2007 stayed the Pandharpur court order issuing a non-bailable warrant and the criminal proceedings against the painter, and issued notice to Dwaipayan Venkateshacharya Warkhedkar, on whose complaint the trial court initiated the proceedings.
The complainant referred to a book Anti-Hindus, published in 2003, which mentioned Husain’s paintings that allegedly denigrated Hindu deities and Bharata Mata.
Mr. Salve said these were abstract paintings for which captions were not given by Mr. Husain.
However, the artist expressed apology but cases were filed in various courts in the country, accusing him of hurting religious sentiments, promoting enmity among different religious groups and promoting obscene material.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020652140900.htm
A Bench consisting of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices C.K. Thakker and R.V. Raveendran, after hearing senior counsel Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi on Monday, ordered the shifting of the case on a petition filed by Mr. Husain. Already six cases against him are pending in a Patiala House court.
The apex court on October 5, 2007 stayed the Pandharpur court order issuing a non-bailable warrant and the criminal proceedings against the painter, and issued notice to Dwaipayan Venkateshacharya Warkhedkar, on whose complaint the trial court initiated the proceedings.
The complainant referred to a book Anti-Hindus, published in 2003, which mentioned Husain’s paintings that allegedly denigrated Hindu deities and Bharata Mata.
Mr. Salve said these were abstract paintings for which captions were not given by Mr. Husain.
However, the artist expressed apology but cases were filed in various courts in the country, accusing him of hurting religious sentiments, promoting enmity among different religious groups and promoting obscene material.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020652140900.htm
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