No coercive action against Arnab Goswami, other employees of Republic TV till Jan 29: Govt to Bombay HC

The Maharashtra government on Friday assured the Bombay High Court that it would not take any coercive action against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and other employees of ARG Outlier Media Private Limited, which runs the channel, till the next hearing in the TRP fraud case.

Following this, the Bombay High Court decided to continue the relief granted to Republic TV employees from coercive action till January 29. Earlier, the relief was granted till Friday.

The HC also took on record a status report filed by the Mumbai Police pertaining to the probe in a sealed envelope. Further, the court permitted parties to the case to approach it by giving notice to the other side, in case of any urgency.