The Supreme Court on Friday granted journalist Arnab Goswami three weeks’ defense from any “coercive action” against him by cops in a dislike case
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A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, which heard the case through videoconferencing, stated Mr. Goswami can utilize the time to make an application for anticipatory bail.
The court likewise permitted the case registered in Nagpur to be shifted to Mumbai, where investigation would continue.
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The Bench remained more action on other FIRs registered against him in States, consisting of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir.
Mr. Goswami moved the Supreme Court late on Thursday night. It had within the next number of hours listed the plea for quashing the FIRs before Justice Chandrachud’s Bench. The court is assembling just to hear “extremely urgent” cases during the lockdown.
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In a hearing, which went on for an hour, Mr. Goswami, represented by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, justified the “very immediate circumstances” as a number of FIRs