The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside the summons issued to journalist Arnab Goswami in a 2016 criminal defamation case filed by advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan over remarks allegedly made on a TV broadcast following the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus row.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna also quashed the criminal complaint itself, providing relief not only to Goswami but also to two former officials of the TV channel — Shrijeet Ramakant Mishra and Samir Jain — who were facing similar proceedings. The summons against them were likewise set aside. A detailed judgment is expected to follow.

The case stemmed from a televised programme aired on February 19, 2016, shortly after violence erupted at Delhi’s Patiala House Court, where JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was brought for rem

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