‘Killing the messenger’: Allahabad High Court stays FIR against journalist who reported on poor condition of Uttar Pradesh govt school
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What happened
Lucknow: Taking exception to the registration of an FIR against a Uttar Pradesh journalist for ‘exposing’ the poor conditions at a government school near Lucknow, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has stayed further action in the case and termed the FIR a ‘retaliatory action’.
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