<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from arrest to Tamil actor-turned-politician S Ve Shekher for sharing a "derogatory Facebook post" against women journalists, following the controversy surrounding patting on the cheek of a female reporter by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.</p>.<p>A bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha issued a notice to Tamil Nadu government on a special leave petition filed by advocate Balaji Srinivasan on behalf of Shekher, a BJP member.</p>.<p>In his short submission, Shekher's counsel contended that he had deleted the post a day after sharing it. "Still the case was registered and his house was vandalised," he said.</p>.<p>The court immediately agreed to seek the state government's response in the matter.</p>.<p>After this, the counsel sought a direction to protect him from arrest.</p>.<p>This was allowed by the bench, which ordered, "No coercive action should be taken against the petitioner till the next date of hearing."</p>.<p>The court put the matter for consideration on June 1.</p>.<p>An FIR was lodged against Shekher last month under various provisions of the IPC and the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act.</p>.<p>The Madras High Court had rejected Shekher's plea for anticipatory bail, forcing him to approach the top court.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from arrest to Tamil actor-turned-politician S Ve Shekher for sharing a "derogatory Facebook post" against women journalists, following the controversy surrounding patting on the cheek of a female reporter by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.</p>.<p>A bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha issued a notice to Tamil Nadu government on a special leave petition filed by advocate Balaji Srinivasan on behalf of Shekher, a BJP member.</p>.<p>In his short submission, Shekher's counsel contended that he had deleted the post a day after sharing it. "Still the case was registered and his house was vandalised," he said.</p>.<p>The court immediately agreed to seek the state government's response in the matter.</p>.<p>After this, the counsel sought a direction to protect him from arrest.</p>.<p>This was allowed by the bench, which ordered, "No coercive action should be taken against the petitioner till the next date of hearing."</p>.<p>The court put the matter for consideration on June 1.</p>.<p>An FIR was lodged against Shekher last month under various provisions of the IPC and the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act.</p>.<p>The Madras High Court had rejected Shekher's plea for anticipatory bail, forcing him to approach the top court.</p>
