The Supreme Court bench on Tuesday stayed the Kerala High Court order restricting activist Rehana Fathima from printing, posting or publishing her views on any medium of the media.

The bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman was hearing the SLP against the order of November 23, 2020 vide which the High Court Single Bench had imposed strictures on Fatima who had uploaded a video of a cookery show on social media in which she was cooking "Gomatha Ularth".

Fathima had moved the top court challenging the November 23, 2020 order of the Kerala High Court, which imposed restrictions on her for uploading a video of a cookery show on social media where she had allegedly hurt religious sentiments.

A bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman also issued a notice on appeal filed by Fathima challenging this Kerala High Court order. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing Fathima, urged the top court to set aside a bail condition imposed by the High Court. According to the High Court order till the trial is over, she was restrained from sharing or transmitting any material or her comments through visual and electronic media, which is open to public.

Justice Nariman, staying this condition, said "It is a complete gag." However, the top court observed that another bail condition previously imposed in the same matter in November 2018, which restrained from her sharing or disseminating any comment hurting religious feelings or sentiments, should continue.

The High Court had observed that use of term having religious sentiments during a cookery show is prima facie likely to hurt Hindus' religious feelings who worship cow as a deity.

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