The High Court on Monday stayed the proceedings in the FIR registered against M Saleem Pandit, Times of India reporter in police station Kothi Bagh under section 505 (1)b RPC.
The FIR was registered on 3 April 2018 on the complaint by ten local travel agencies alleging that Times of India had carried a “fake news item” on 1st and 2nd April 2018.
Justice M K Hanjura on Monday heard the plea of the advocate Javid Iqbal representing the petitioner.
The court while issuing notices to the state respondents, stayed the proceedings of the FIR and directed the respondents SHO and the investigating officer to file objections on next date of hearing on 29 May 2018.