S.152 BNS: Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection to The Wire Editor Siddharth Varadarajan Against Assam FIR

The Supreme Court has extended interim protection to The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan in his plea challenging Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The Court noted that the petitioners have not been contacted by police and directed them to join the probe only when required.