Supreme Court disposes of plea for early hearing of the petitions filed by Foundation for Independent Journalism (the trust which runs the online portal 'The Wire') and its Deputy Editor seeking to quash the summons issued to them in a criminal defamation case filed by ex-JNU professor Amita Singh

Court gives liberty to move apt. application (seeking vacation of stay)

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana

The defamation case was filed over an article published by The Wire in 2016 titled “Dossier Call JNU "Den of Organised Sex Racket"; Students, Professors Allege Hate Campaign”.