Kunal Kamra and Sanjay Raut (R) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) senior leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday demanded special protection for stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra after three more cases filed against him at Mumbai, Khar police station.Kamra is facing legal trouble over his remarks about Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde in his recently released stand-up…
NEW DELHI: Three cases have been registered against comedian Kunal Kamra at Khar Police Station, Mumbai, news agency ANI reported on Saturday. Among the complainants is the Mayor of Jalgaon city, while a hotelier and a businessman from Nashik have also filed cases against him. According to Mumbai Police, Kamra has been summoned twice for…
NEW DELHI: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra was granted interim anticipatory bail till April 7 by the Madras high court on Friday after a controversy erupted over his latest video, which took aim at Maharashtra deputy CM and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde.Justice Sunder Mohan ordered interim anticipatory bail till April 7 with conditions.Earlier, Kamra moved…
MUMBAI: Standup comedian Kunal Kamra, 36, has moved Madras high court for transit anticipatory bail. He seeks protection against an arrest that he apprehends, in the FIR against him for his remarks allegedly about deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, on his show.Kamra’s counsel V Suresh mentioned the petition for an urgent hearing before Justice Sundar…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday backed the summons issued to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for making derogatory references to Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde, asserting that it should be done if it is required under the law of the land.He added that while the Constitution grants citizens certain rights, they are accompanied…
Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena leader Shambhuraj Desai calls for Kunal Kamra’s arrest NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra tourism minister Shambhuraj Desai urged police on Thursday to promptly arrest comedian Kunal Kamra, cautioning against testing party workers’ patience. This comes after Sena workers had vandalised a Mumbai studio on Sunday night where Kamra…
MUMBAI: Khar police issued a second notice to standup comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday following his non-appearance in connection with the defamation case filed against him for alluding to deputy CM Eknath Shinde as “gaddar” in his video. The fresh notice, received by Kamra’s father in Mumbai, asks for his “immediate attendance” at the police…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police have issued a second summons to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, asking him to appear for questioning over his joke referring to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde as a “gaddar” (traitor) in his latest stand-up video, “Naya Bharat,” on YouTube, officials said on Wednesday.Kamra missed the first summons after his lawyer…
Edmund Burke, the father of modern conservatism, once remarked, “All government—indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act—is founded on compromise and barter.” Few in contemporary Indian politics have embodied this more than Uddhav Thackeray. To become the chief minister of Maharashtra, he dramatically reshaped his politics, severing ties with the…
NEW DELHI: Comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday hit out at T-Series, sharing a screenshot showing that the visibility and monetisation of his standup special ‘Naya Bharat’ was disabled for copyright violation. Kamra called the music label a “stooge” and urging fellow creators to take note. “Parody & satire comes under fair use legally,” Kamra said…
