Delhi Court Refuses to Transfer Newslaundry, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Appeals to Judge Who Lifted Stay for Other Journalists

The Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Rohini Court said on Tuesday that journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and digital news platform Newslaundry's appeal against a gag order on reporting on Adani will be heard by district judge Sunil Chaudhary, not judge Ashish Aggarwal, who had earlier set aside the order partially. Principal District and Sessions Judge Gurvinder Pal Singh said the cases will be heard on September 24 by judge Chaudhary. Notably, Judge Chaudhary had on Monday said that it would be appropriate if the cases were heard by Judge Aggarwal since the latter had already dealt with and passed orders in the case. The matters were listed before the Principal District and Sessions Judge today, following Judge Chaudhary's decision to transfer the case.