New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court today restrained the Assam Police from taking coercive action against The Wire editor Siddharth Varadarajan and other members of the petitioner foundation in an FIR registered over an article on "Operation Sindoor.
The court also tagged their plea challenging the constitutionality of Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) with an earlier pending case.
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Union government and the State of Assam on the petition, which contests both the FIR and the validity of Section 152 BNS the new offence of "endangering sovereignty and integrity of India" alleged to be a rebranded version of the sedition provision (Section 124A IPC) kep...