2Photo© indiatoday.inSupreme Court Extends Protection To 4 Members Of Editors Guild By 2 Weeks In FIRs Lodged In Man
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While extending the protection from coercive action to the EGI members by two more weeks, a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought the response of the complainant and said it will examine the complaint which formed the basis of the FIRs against them.
The court observed the EGI team went to Manipur after the Army wrote to it about “partisan reporting” on the ground by vernacular media.
“They go to the ground. They may be right or wrong but that is what free speech is all about," the CJI said.
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