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SC Restrains HP Police from Arresting Journalist Vinod Dua in Sedition Case, Refuses to Stay Probe

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Last Updated: June 14, 2020, 11:57 IST

File photo of journalist Vinod Dua.

File photo of journalist Vinod Dua.

A bench of justices U U Lalit, M M Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran issued notices to the Centre and the state government and sought their responses within two weeks.

In a relief to journalist Vinod Dua, the Supreme Court in a special hearing on Sunday ordered that he should not be arrested till July 6 in a sedition case lodged against him in Himachal Pradesh over his YouTube show.

The top court said that Dua will have to join the investigation and there shall be no stay on the ongoing probe undertaken by the Himachal Pradesh police.

A bench of justices U U Lalit, M M Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran issued notices to the Centre and the state government and sought their responses within two weeks.

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first published:June 14, 2020, 11:57 IST
last updated:June 14, 2020, 11:57 IST