Kunal Kamra case: After 75 years, police still ignorant of fundamental rights, lawyer tells HC

Comedian Kunal Kamra’s lawyer on Wednesday argued before the Bombay High Court that even 75 years after the Constitution came into existence, law enforcement authorities still seemed to be either ignorant of fundamental rights or did not care about them, Bar and Bench reported.

Kamra’s counsel Navroz Seervai made the statement while seeking the quashing of a case against the comedian for his satirical remarks ostensibly about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the matter.

Seervai argued that the case against Kamra fell under the “rarest of rare” category, as the legal machinery had been used by individuals who objected to him exercising his right to free speech, the Hindustan Times reported. The counsel sought a stay on the investigation, saying that the Supreme Court had always struck down illegal attempts at censorship.

Kamra questioned why the Mumbai Police issued three summonses to him seeking his physical presence even though he had been getting death threats. He also asked why the police called for the interrogation of both the attendees of the show during which he made the remarks and those who produced it.

“This shows that even after 75 years of the existence of Constitution...Law enforcement machinery is ignorant of the fundamental right or does not care about...

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