New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by one KA Paul, who sought a media gag order (to ban media coverage on the issue) in the Nimisha Priya case, an Indian facing death row in Yemen in a murder case.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the plea after the petitioner sought to withdraw the same.

During the hearing, the Court acknowledged the Central government's stance that only the Government will hold periodic media briefings on the issue to ensure that other media coverage doesn't affect Nimisha's case.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) dismissed claims circulating on social media regarding monetary contributions being sought into a Government of I...