NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today extended till August 8 the stay on a Gujarat trial court’s proceedings on the criminal defamation complaint filed by Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah, against news portal ‘The Wire’ and its scribes for allegedly writing a defamatory article.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra posted the appeals of the portal and its journalists, including Rohini Singh who had authored the news story, for final hearing on August 8 against a High Court order that had refused to quash the defamation complaint.
“The stay on the (trial court) proceedings to continue till August 8,” said the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. (AGENCIES)
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