New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that no coercive action be taken against a woman journalist facing allegations of making casteist remarks against Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat, after she claimed that the complaint was a counterblast to her allegations of sexual harassment against the same police officer during protests in the Capital.

The order was passed on a day when the Delhi high court declined to urgently hear the woman journalist's plea challenging the case against her for allegedly making casteist remarks against ACP Bhagat, publicly humiliating him and obstructing him from discharging his official duties.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Ba...