The court will hear the case next in April.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to produce original records relating to the order which blocked a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, Live Law reported.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh asked the Centre to file its response in the case by the next hearing, which will be in April.
The court is hearing two petitions filed by Advocate ML Sharma and journalist N Ram, lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra.
The first episode of the BBC’s two-part documentary, titled India: The Modi Question, was released on January 17. It alleges that a team sent by the British government had found that Modi, who was the chief minister of Gujarat when the riots took place, was “directly responsible for a climate of impunity” that led to the violence against Muslims.
