SC stays defamation complaint of Jay Shah, chides media
The Supreme Court today asked a Gujarat trial court not to proceed till April 12 with the criminal defamation complaint of Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah, against news portal ‘The Wire’ and its scribes and chided especially the electronic media for projecting “whatever they feel like” against a person. A visibly irked Chief Justice Dipak Misra tongue-lashed the media, especially the TV channels and portals, and asked: “Can somebody reproduce something in official/public domain and add something ‘defamatory’ to it. Are innuendos in the realm of defence…
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