The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a petition filed by journalist Ravi Nair, who is challenging a February 12 notice of summons issued by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in connection, according to him, with co-authoring an article titled “India’s $3.9 billion plan to help Modi’s mogul ally after U.S. charges”, published in ‘The Washington Post’ daily.
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked the petitioner, represented by senior advocate Anand Grover and advocate Paras Nath Singh, to move the Gujarat High Court.
The court allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition without entertaining his oral plea for protection against any coercive action for now.
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When Mr. Grover replied that coming before the apex court was a fundamental right of the petitioner under Article 32 of the Constitution, Justice Nath said approaching the High Court concerned under Article 22 was equally a fundamental right.
