Moral policing not court’s job, says SC, sets aside HC cost for tweets

The Supreme Court overturned a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that had imposed a ₹10 lakh cost on musician Vishal Dadlani and politician Tehseen Poonawalla for their tweets mocking a Jain monk. The apex court emphasized that it's not the court's role to engage in moral policing.
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