The Supreme Court of India has strongly reprimanded former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The Supreme Court, while hearing the application of Nupur Sharma, has said that Nupur Sharma's statement caused unrest in the entire country.

Nupur Sharma, suspended from BJP, had applied in the Supreme Court to shift all the FIRs registered against her in different states of India to Delhi in the Prophet controversy.

During the hearing of his petition, the Supreme Court held Nupur Sharma's statements responsible for the unfortunate incident in Udaipur.

A vacation bench of Supreme Court Justices Suryakant and JB Pardiwala refused to entertain the plea of ​​Nupur Sharma and asked her to approach the High Court. After this Nupur Sharma withdrew her application from the Supreme Court.

Nupur Sharma had made controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad during a TV debate in June 2022, against which about a dozen FIRs were lodged against him in many states of India.

In protest against this statement, more than 16 Muslim countries had come and officially lodged a protest with the Government of India.

However, the Government of India later stated that these were statements made by some fringe elements and did not reflect the views of the Government of India.

Supreme Court's strict comments

During its hearing, the Supreme Court termed Nupur Sharma's remarks as "painful" and asked- "What was the need for her to make such a statement?"

During the hearing, the Supreme Court also asked that apart from running the agenda of a TV channel, what was the purpose of debating a matter which is already under the court.

The Supreme Court questioned Nupur Sharma's rhetoric and said, "If you are a spokesperson of a party, then you do not have the license to make such statements."

Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for Nupur Sharma, said that her client has immediately withdrawn her statement and has also apologized for the same.

On this, the Supreme Court expressed its displeasure and said that Nupur should have gone on TV and apologized to the whole country.

The Supreme Court told Nupur Sharma's lawyer, "Nupur Sharma took too long and took back the statement conditionally. She (Nupur) said that if someone's sentiments were hurt, she apologizes."

The Supreme Court said, "The way Nupur Sharma instigated sentiments across the country, she is the only one responsible for whatever is happening in the country."

Expressing displeasure over even filing the application in the Supreme Court, the apex court said, "This petition shows the arrogance of Nupur, it seems that the magistrates of the country are too small for her."

The Supreme Court also told Nupur Sharma's lawyer, "When there is an FIR against you and you are not arrested, it shows your reach. She feels that there are people behind her and she keeps on making irresponsible statements.

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