The Delhi High Court set aside the Centre’s decision rejecting The Wire founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan’s plea for conversion of his PIO status to OCI. The court directed authorities to reconsider the application and pass a reasoned order in accordance with the law
The Supreme Court on Friday protected The Wire editors Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar from arrest in Assam FIR cases under Section 152 of the BNS. The court asked them to cooperate with investigations while extending earlier interim protection