The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by the Hindu Sena seeking a complete ban on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and BBC India from operating from Indian territory in the wake of airing a documentary on PM Modi.

The petition was filed by Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta.

A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundersh dismissed the petition by terming it as “absolutely misconceived”, the Live Law reported.

Hearing the plea, Justice Khanna said, “This is totally misconceived”. 

The Supreme Court asked the petitioner if they asked for complete censorship. Justice Khanna asked, “How can this be argued? You want us to put complete censorship..what is this?”

Even as the petitioner requested the bench to post the matter along with the other petitions which challenge the Centre’s order blocking access to the documentary the Bench dismissed the petition saying, “The writ petition is entirely misconceived; has no merit and is dismissed.

The petition also sought directions to the NIA to initiate a probe into the documentary.