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Sumedha Mittal

‘No jurisdiction’, a dubious complainant: Why FT journalists moved SC against police notices

When the Gujarat police served notices to two Financial Times journalists asking them to appear before it, the police allegedly did not mention under which provisions of law the notices were issued. The police also did not offer details of any FIR filed in the matter, or a copy of the initial complaint filed by an “investor”. 

These are allegations contained in the petition filed by the two journalists – Benjamin Nicholas Brooke Parkin and Chloe Nina Cornish – in the Supreme Court on November 6, after they were emailed the notices on October 28. Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted them interim protection against coercive action.

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