SC orders interim release of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed release of Tamil Nadu’s YouTuber Savukku Shankar on interim bail in a case of preventive detention.
The top court said he would be on interim bail till the Madras High Court decided the plea against his detention, while also observing that “somebody’s liberty is involved.”
Savukku has been in preventive detention by the state police under Goondas Act on the basis of an order issued on May 12, 2024.
After hearing the counsel of the parties, a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah asked the Tamil Nadu government, “Do you sincerely believe that there should be preventive detention? This is not an ordinary civil dispute. This is preventive detention. Somebody’s liberty is involved.”
The matter emanated out of a habeas corpus petition filed by A Kamala, Shankar’s mother, challenging the wrongful detention of her son.