Arnab Goswami's plea in the Supreme Court rejected; SC extends interim protection from the arrest by three weeks.

Arnab Goswami got a setback on Tuesday, as his plea seeking transfer of the investigation of a case, filed against him was rejected by the Supreme Court of India. The case was filed against Arnab for allegedly defaming the Congress interim president, Sonia Gandhi, and Arnab wanted the case to be transferred to the CBI. Furthermore, the apex court also refused to quash the FIRs filed against him.

On April 14th, when many migrants gathered outside the Bandra railway station, based on fake news, the editor-in-chief of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami on 'The Debate' allegedly made hateful remarks and was booked for that offence. Some weeks later, after the Palghar lynching, Arnab Goswami on his show, asked certain questions on the incident to Sonia Gandhi and made nasty remarks on her silence on that issue. This triggered the Congress workers who filed multiple FIRs against him across various states.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the journalist's interim protection from arrest by three weeks. The main court stated, "Right of a journalist under 19 1(a) higher, free citizens can't exist if news media can't speak." Arnab's counsel, Senior Advocate Harish Salve, in the previous hearing, had accused Congress of using "arm - twisting tactics" and underlined the 12 hour-long police interrogation of Arnab as unnecessary. 

He had also said, "They're planning to stifle an unpleasant voice. This is a political party targeting a journalist. They want to teach this journalist a lesson." Objecting to Salve's plea, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal had said, "CBI investigation will go into your hands," and asked Arnab Goswami to "stop this communal violence and hate mongering".