The Supreme Court today quashed the criminal proceedings pending before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Bengaluru against cricketer MS Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. A bench of Ranjan Gogoi and PC Pant JJ quashed the proceedings thereby overturning the decision of the Karnataka High Court which had refused to interfere with the proceedings. Senior Advocate Subramonium Prasad appeared for MS Dhoni along with advocate Liz Mathew. The controversy has its origins in an article published in Business Today on April 14, 2013 which allegedly carried a picture of Dhoni as Lord Vishnu. Criminal complaints under Section 295A of the Indian […]
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