Prakash Ghade, a Maharashtra BJP worker, has alleged that Maharashtra government is sending goons to browbeat dissenters who are raising voices against government failures
The application avers that the statements made by Arnab Goswami in the debate on his Republic Bharat channel were aimed at "browbeating, terrorising and intimidating the investigating Officer"
In 1986, the then Chief Justice PN Bhagwati introduced PIL to the Indian judicial system. The original intent was to provide access to justice to aggrieved citizens.
Reportedly, Prashant Bhushan had filed a writ petition on April 30 in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by Gujarat police for hurting of religious sentiments.