SC stays breach of privilege notice against Shobhaa De

A breach of privilege notice sent to author Shobhaa De by the Maharashtra State Assembly 16 days ago was stayed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The breach of privilege notice was issued to De for her tweets over the state government order on Marathi films.

De was directed to file her written submission by Monday.

However, an apex court bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant, after going through all her tweets, said her views was against the government's decision and wondered how it violated the privilege of the state assembly.

After a brief hearing, the court stayed the proceeding initiated against the writer by the assembly.

The notice was issued on April 12 asking Shobhaa De to explain her tweets about the state government's decision to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during prime time.