Overview
- Justice Neena Bansal Krishna quashed the criminal complaint and set aside the trial court's summons.
- The decision covers former Times Now officials Shrijeet Ramakant Mishra and Samir Jain named alongside Goswami.
- Advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan had alleged defamation over a February 19, 2016 Times Now debate about violence at Patiala House Courts after the JNU slogans episode.
- A magistrate had in 2018 found prima facie grounds to summon the accused, a finding now overturned by the High Court.
- Petitions challenging the summons were filed in 2018–2019, a detailed order is awaited, and the immediate effect is quashing of the complaint and summons.