The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim relief for suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma till August 10 in nine cases against her for making controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The court also asked various states to combine multiple FIRs against her in this issue into one to respond to her request, reports NDTV.
The Supreme Court will hold the next hearing on August 10. Until then, no new cases can be filed.
So far, a total of nine FIRs are reported to have been filed against her in Delhi, Maharashtra, Telengana and West Bengal.
Senior Advocate Maninder Singh, Nupur Sharma’s lawyer, told the Supreme Court that she had been facing numerous death threats since the court’s order on July 1.
Earlier on July 1 hearing, the Supreme Court said that Nupur Sharma should apologize to the country for sparking tension with her comments.
On May 26, Nupur Sharma made the controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) during a TV debate, while Naveen Jindal, who was the media head of the BJP’s Delhi unit, had posted a tweet on June 1. However, he deleted the tweet later.
Sharma was suspended and Jindal was expelled on June 5 after diplomatic backlash.
New Delhi Police later filed first information reports against the two.
But their remarks sparked violent protests in several parts of India, including West Bengal. Protests also erupted in Bangladesh.
Following the comment, India also received diplomatic backlash from several Muslim-dominated countries.
