Fact-checks and reports later indicated that the building was actually the Istanbul Congress Centre, a convention venue run by the Istanbul municipality, not a political party office.
Kanhaiya Kumar was attacked by lawyer Vikram Singh Chauhan in Patiala House Court when he was produced in relation to alleged anti-national sloganeering in JNU.
The case against Goswami was filed on a complaint by Congress leader Pawan Khera and is tied to Republic Bharat's coverage of a temple demolition in Rajgarh, Alwar.
"Merely because the petitioner is a renowned name in the fourth estate, he is without rhyme and reason dragged into the web of crime," the Court observed.
The Court quashed a case filed against Goswami on a complaint by a Karnataka Congress member who claimed that Republic TV had spread fake news about CM Siddaramaiah.
Goswami was booked by the Bengaluru police following a private complaint made by a Karnataka Congress member claiming that Republic TV had spread fake news about CM Siddaramaiah.
The Court allowed withdrawal of the case after special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray told the Court that continuing the proceedings may not lead to conviction but would only end up wasting the court ...
Times Group today withdrew the plea after Justice C Hari Shankar observed that the use of the tagline by Republic TV seemed to have been done within the limits of prescribed by the Court's October 202 ...
Singh had filed the suit claiming that Republic channel had showed Singh in bad light in its reportage of the alleged fake Television Rating Points (TRP) scam.