SC grants shield from arrest to Zee News editor

THE SUPREME Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to Zee News editor Rajnish Ahuja in connection with a programme pertaining to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, which was broadcast by the television channel.

Issuing notice to Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, where FIRs were lodged in this connection, and the Centre, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and J B Pardiwala directed that there shall be no coercive action against him with respect to the FIRs already registered or future ones on the matter.

His counsel said that the channel had taken down the video after realising that there was an error.