A Lucknow court’s reported procedural direction over an Aaj Tak episode about Partition did not find anchor Anjana Om Kashyap or the channel guilty. The matter began with a complaint by former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who alleged that the programme could foster hostility between religious communities. The court’s reported action moved the complaint forward; it did not establish those allegations as true.
What was the Partition episode about?
Aaj Tak aired the episode on August 14, 2025, as part of Black and White, hosted by Anjana Om Kashyap. Its Hindi title was “Bharat vibhajan ka maksad pura kyun nahi hua?”—“Why was the purpose of India’s Partition not fulfilled?” Newslaundry reported the episode’s title and broadcast; Scroll also described the programme and the complaint.
The title states the programme’s framing. It is not a legal finding or a neutral conclusion about Partition. The court proceeding concerns allegations about the broadcast, not a judicial determination of the historical question posed by the episode.
What did Amitabh Thakur allege?
Thakur, a former IPS officer, complained that the programme’s treatment of Partition and its framing of why Muslims remained in India could encourage hostility between religious communities. Those are his allegations, not established findings about the broadcast. Reports say he first approached Gomtinagar police seeking an FIR and turned to court after police did not act. Newslaundry’s account and Scroll’s report describe his complaint.
Reporting says Thakur invoked provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Sections 196 and 197, which concern enmity between groups and assertions prejudicial to national integration. That describes the legal provisions cited in the complaint; it does not mean the court found that the programme violated them. No independently verified Partition demographic statistic is needed to explain this case. A figure reported by Scroll as appearing in a social-media caption cited by the complainant—“Out of 4 crore Muslims, only 96 lakh went to Pakistan”—should not be treated as validated demographic data.
What did the Lucknow court direct?
Contemporaneous accounts described different procedural steps. On September 8, 2025, Newslaundry reported that a Lucknow court had directed registration of a complaint case. A PTI report published by ThePrint on September 9 described a direction to police to file an FIR and said September 30 was the next hearing date. These reports should not be collapsed into a finding on the merits: both concern the early handling of the complaint. ThePrint’s PTI report gives the FIR account and scheduled date.
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A reproduced complaint document identifies JM-III Lucknow case number 82468/2025 and says that on August 18, 2025, the court asked Thakur to establish territorial jurisdiction. The document records the complainant’s filing and account; it is not a substitute for the court’s order. The reproduced document is available here.
Does the direction mean Anjana Om Kashyap was found guilty?
No. A complaint, an FIR and a final judicial determination are different stages:
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| Private complaint | Thakur presented allegations to police and then pursued the matter in court. |
| Registration or police investigation | The reported directions concern taking the complaint forward; they do not establish the allegations as true. |
| Final judicial determination | A decision on whether an offence was committed. The cited September 2025 reports do not establish such a determination. |
The reports do not provide a verbatim statement by a named judge setting out the court’s reasoning. Accordingly, the direction should be described through the contemporaneous reporting, not expanded into a judicial quote or a conclusion the court has not been reported to make.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What is known about the case’s later status?
The September 2025 report identified September 30 as a scheduled hearing, but a scheduled date alone does not show that a hearing occurred. As of October 8, 2026, the available reporting and reproduced document do not verify whether that hearing took place, whether a later order was issued, or how the proceeding ended. The case’s eventual status therefore remains unconfirmed in these sources.
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