India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday said Nupur Sharma, suspended spokesperson of India’s ruling party BJP, cannot be arrested till August 10 this year in the nine cases against her over her comments on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The top court of the country also asked various states of India to respond to her request to combine multiple FIRs against her into one, reports NDTV.
The report said the Supreme Court will take up Nupur Sharma's request on August 10 and until then, no new cases can be filed.
Delhi, Maharashtra, Telengana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam are the states that have been asked to respond to her case.
Nupur Sharma's lawyer told India’s Supreme Court that she had been facing increasing threats to her life since the court's scathing order on July 1.
In the July 1 hearing, the Supreme Court of India had said Nupur Sharma should apologise to the country for triggering tension with her comments.
"The way she has ignited emotions across the country. This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country," the judges had said.
"She actually has a loose tongue and has made all kinds of irresponsible statements on TV and set the entire country on fire. Yet, she claims to be a lawyer of 10 years standing... She should have immediately apologised for her comments to the whole country," the court had said.
