HC reserves its orders on plea of editor of NewsClick

Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its orders in the petition filed by NewsClick portal’s editor Prabir Purkayastha and others with the portal claiming no funding from China and the Delhi Police arguing that the portal compromised country’s stability and integrity.

Justice Tushar Rao Gedela reserved the order on pleas by Purkayastha and the news portal’s human resources department head Amit Chakravarty challenging their arrest and the subsequent 7-day police remand after the investigation agency defended its action claiming NewsClick received `75 crore from a person in China to ensure the country’s stability and integrity were compromised.