{"id":43636,"date":"2016-06-29T08:43:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T03:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43636"},"modified":"2016-06-29T08:43:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T03:13:49","slug":"gujarat-court-refuses-ban-book-mocking-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gujarat-court-refuses-ban-book-mocking-pm-modi","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat court refuses to ban book mocking PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41954\" style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41954\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pm-raises-pendency-issue-asks-courts-highlight-oldest-cases\/modi-9\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?fit=186%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"186,186\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"modi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?fit=186%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?fit=186%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-41954 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?resize=186%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gujarat court refuses to ban book mocking PM Modi\" width=\"186\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?w=186&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/modi.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gujarat court refuses to ban book mocking PM Modi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A court here has dismissed a suit seeking a ban on the sale of a Gujarati book in which author Jayesh Shah, a Congress leader, has allegedly mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Civil court judge A M Dave cited Article 19 of the Constitution and dismissed the suit on Monday, holding that banning the book, titled &#8220;Fekuji Have Dilli Ma (Fekuji is in Delhi now)&#8221;, would violate the fundamental right of freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>The book dwells on a list of promises made by Modi during his campaign for 2014 Lok Sabha polls and claims that he has failed to deliver on them.<\/p>\n<p>The suit demanding ban on the book was filed by a social worker Narsinh Solanki, who contended that the book is meant to &#8220;defame&#8221; Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Solanki alleged that the contents and the title of the book are defamatory and derogatory in nature and they would spoil the image of the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>According to Solanki, Modi came to power just two years back, a time-frame too short to fulfil all the promises he made during the poll campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Solanki sought the courts intervention to put an immediate ban on the sale of the book, which is in the market since last few months.<\/p>\n<p>However, not convinced with the arguments of Solanki, the judge said that India is a democracy and people have all the right to express their personal views through a book. The court held that banning the book would violate the right of freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court here has dismissed a suit seeking a ban on the sale of a Gujarati book in which author Jayesh Shah, a Congress leader, has allegedly mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 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