9-yr-old case on artist for painting God on slippers quashed
The Bombay High Court has struck down a nine-year-old case against an artist for painting Hindu gods and goddesses on ceramic slippers. Arvind Gawde, a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena office-bearer, had lodged a complaint against the artist for hurting religious sentiments. The court observed that since the slippers were not meant to be worn, they did not hurt anyone's religious sentiments. 