Guwahati, May 20 -- In a significant victory for press freedom, the Delhi High Court has dismissed a contempt of court case filed by Greens Zoological, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (GZRRC) and the Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust - both constituent parts of Vantara, the controversial wildlife project spearheaded by Reliance Corporation - against Himal Southasian and its Editor.

Vantara, led by the billionaire Ambani family, had alleged that Himal willfully disobeyed a judicial order to take down an investigative story on the wildlife project published on the Himal website in March 2024.

However, the Delhi High Court ruled that no such judicial order or direction had been passed against Himal requiring the magazine to remo...