In the latest development, Comedian Kunal Kamra’s appeal challenging the flying ban on him by some private airlines was rejected today by the Delhi High Court, which disapproved of his manner.
Kunal had earlier posted a video on his twitter account where he was seen confronting Arnab and was referring him as a ‘Coward’. Additionally, the comedian questioned his journalism mentality and asked him to answer the people about his forever stand with the Narendra Modi government. The comedian asked Arnab again and again if he was a journalist, a nationalist or a coward.
After this incident, Kunal Kamra was banned by five airlines for heckling a TV channel editor on an IndiGo flight in January.
The airline ban triggered a lot of criticism from social media users who recalled how reporters working for Mr. Goswami have frequently heckled opposition leaders in public places and on flights.
The IndiGo pilot who flew Kamra and Arnab asked why the comedian was banned without consulting him and said that the decision had been taken solely based on social media pressure. “Kamra’s behavior, while offensive, was not qualifying of a level one unruly passenger,” he had said.
Since then Kamra had sent a legal notice to IndiGo, demanding a public apology, Rs 25 lakh for “causing mental pain and agony” and lifting of its six-month ban. He then moved to Delhi High Court filing a petition challenging the flying ban on him by most domestic airlines.
According to the sources, expressing disapproval over Kamra’s conduct, the High Court on Friday said, “This kind of behavior certainly cannot be permitted.”
