SC slams cartoonist Hemant Malviya over ‘immature’ post targeting PM Modi and RSS

The Supreme Court on Monday chided Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya for his "immature" cartoon that portrayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS in an "undignified" manner.

A bench of justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar termed Malviya's conduct as "inflammatory" and "immature". The development took place during the hearing of an anticipatory bail plea filed by the cartoonist, who moved SC for relief after his plea was dismissed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on July 8.

"Still no maturity in him. It is indeed inflammatory," justice Dhulia verbally remarked. The court posted the matter for hearing on Tuesday.


Malviya was booked in May this year over the Facebook post on the complaint of an RSS member. The cartoonist stands accused of offences under sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups), 299 (insulting religion or religious beliefs), 302 (act with intent to wound religious feelings), 352 (insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 353 (mischief) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 67A of the Information Technology Act.