New Delhi, June 5 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought Madhya Pradesh Government's response on a plea of two journalists who were thrashed by police for reporting on illegal sand mining activities.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma, however, refused to grant interim protection from arrest to them.
The bench agreed to hear the pleas of Shashikant Goyal and Amarkant Singh Chouhan, and issued notices to Madhya Pradesh and the NCT of Delhi for their responses and posted the matter on June 9.
The counsel appearing for the petitioners pressed for interim protection but the court said, "Let the other side respond. Let the facts be brought by the state also. We are listing it on Monday (June 9)."
The top court asked...