Writer Badri Seshadri gets bail from Tamil Nadu court

A Tamil Nadu court on Tuesday granted bail to writer Badri Seshadri, who was arrested last week for making alleged derogatory remarks about the judiciary, The Hindu reported.

Seshadri was arrested on July 29 after he had made remarks about the judiciary and Chief JusticeChief JusticeChief Justice of India DY Chandrachud during an interview uploaded on a YouTube channel.

In the interview, Seshadri, while discussing the ethnic violence in Manipur, had criticised the Supreme Court’s observation in the case of the sexual assault of three Kuki women in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on May 4.