Tripura Violence: Supreme Court stays criminal proceedings against HW News, journalists Samriddhi Sakunia, Swarna Jha

A Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud also sought the response of the State of Tripura to the plea filed by the two journalists and the media company seeking quashing of cases against them.

HW news network, Tripura violence and sc

Debayan Roy

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all criminal proceedings against HW News Network and its journalists, Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarnja Jha who were booked by the Tripura Police for their reports on the recent communal violence in the State [Theo Connect Private Ltd v. State of Tripura].

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