Guwahati, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court of India on Friday (August 22, 2025) barred the Assam Police from taking any coercive action against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan and other journalists associated with the web portal The Wire, in connection with an FIR filed against them over a news article.

A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, representing the journalists, informed the court that Assam police were attempting to bypass earlier Supreme Court directives.

Ramakrishnan stated that Varadarajan and other journalists, including a consulting editor, had been summoned on Friday for recording statements related to an FIR lodged in May, raising concern...