The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Assam and Maharashtra on a plea of YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani, for quashing or transferring FIRs to Mumbai, PTI reported.
Chanchlani moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to quash or transfer to Mumbai an FIR registered in Guwahati in connection with a case of allegedly promoting obscenity in the YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’.
Chanchlani is one of the persons named in the case registered in Assam, in which podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia is the key accused because of his controversial comments on ‘India’s Got Latent’.
What Ashish Chanchlani’s plea said:
According to a PTI report, Chanchlani had sought quashing of the FIR registered at Cyber police station Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam.
“Quash the FIR bearing No. 03 of 2025 registered at Cyber PS Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam as it was registered later,” the plea said.
The Youtuber has sought transfer of the FIR registered at Cyber PS Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam to Mumbai Police Station Nodal Cyber, Mumbai as FIR bearing No. 05 of 2025 registered at Mumbai Police Station Nodal Cyber, Mumbai was registered first.
