Delhi court stays order for FIR against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra over posts on Newslaundry journalists
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A Delhi court on Tuesday stayed a magistrate court's order directing registration of a first information report (FIR) against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for objectionable social media posts against Newslaundry's Manisha Pande and other journalists.Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Purshotam Pathak of Saket court observed that the words used by Iyer-Mitra were in the form of shayari but no individual was specifically named in it."The meticulous interpretation of the words and sentences used can only be don