The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor MP, journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod K Jose, Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Anant Nath and Paresh Nath over multiple FIRs filed against them over their tweets and reports on a farmers death during the Delhi protest.
A bench headed by the CJI SA Bobde passed the order while issuing notice on the writ petitions filed by them. Multiple FIRs have been registered against them alleging sedition, creation of communal disharmony etc in States of UP and MP.