Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has defended arrested cartoonist Aseem Trivedi saying the cartoonist has done nothing illegal. In a statement, Katju said these are occupational hazards, and politicians must learn to put up with them.

He maintained that arresting a cartoonist or any other person who has not committed a crime, is itself a crime under the Indian Penal Code, as it is a wrongful arrest and wrongful confinement.

Mr Trivedi was arrested on Saturday and produced in a Mumbai court which sent him to police custody till September 16. He was arrested following a complaint that he had put up banners mocking the Indian Constitution during the Anna Hazare rally held last year in Mumbai.