NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday again asked BJP President Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah to settle his defamation suit with The Wire even as the news portal said a firm no to an apology but agreed to carry a clarification, reports PTI.
“This is a matter which can be solved” instead of coming to the court, said a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as the court took up for hearing the plea against a civil suit filed by Jay Shah against the news portal.
Making it clear that the court will not suffocate the freedom of press, Chief Justice Misra said: “I believe in freedom of press. I don’t restrain the media. The court cannot be seen as gagging the press.”