[The Hindu]Reporting of events a journalist has bona fide reason to believe to be true can never be an offence: J&K HC
The court quashed the FIR registered against Times of India reporter Mohammad Saleem Pandit in 2018 for publishing news regarding stone pelting on tourists. The J&K High Court has quashed a First Information Report (FIR) against a journalist in Srinagar and questioned whether “fearless and frank reporting” should attract ...