The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings in relation to a first information report (FIR) registered against OpIndia editor, Nupur Sharma by West Bengal Police..A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh passed the order on a plea by Sharma with regard to the FIR registered in connection with OpIndia’s coverage of the Telinipara riots in Bengal in 2020.."Further proceedings in pursuance of FIR No. 140/2020 registered at Bhadreswar Police Station shall remain stayed," the Court said in its order passed on Friday. .The petitioner stated that the fourth FIR was the latest in a series of FIRs that were filed maliciously against OpIndia..In June 2020, the top court had stayed three FIRs filed by the West Bengal government against four persons, three of them associated with OpIndia for articles published on the portal.The Court in its order passed on Friday also said that the interim orders passed in the main writ petition are made absolute.The matter will now be listed for hearing on a non-miscellaneous day in November, 2021..Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani and advocate Ravi Sharma appeared for Sharma. .[Read Order]
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings in relation to a first information report (FIR) registered against OpIndia editor, Nupur Sharma by West Bengal Police..A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh passed the order on a plea by Sharma with regard to the FIR registered in connection with OpIndia’s coverage of the Telinipara riots in Bengal in 2020.."Further proceedings in pursuance of FIR No. 140/2020 registered at Bhadreswar Police Station shall remain stayed," the Court said in its order passed on Friday. .The petitioner stated that the fourth FIR was the latest in a series of FIRs that were filed maliciously against OpIndia..In June 2020, the top court had stayed three FIRs filed by the West Bengal government against four persons, three of them associated with OpIndia for articles published on the portal.The Court in its order passed on Friday also said that the interim orders passed in the main writ petition are made absolute.The matter will now be listed for hearing on a non-miscellaneous day in November, 2021..Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani and advocate Ravi Sharma appeared for Sharma. .[Read Order]