SC quashes FIR against journalist Patricia Mukhim over her Facebook post

Guwahati, March 25: The Supreme Court today quashed criminal proceedings against noted writer and journalist and the Editor of The Shillong Times Editor, Patricia Mukhim which was initiated over a Facebook post on violence against non-tribal people in Meghalaya.

The Court allowed the appeal filed by Mukhim challenging the Meghalaya High Court order which dismissed her plea to quash the FIR.

A Division Bench of Justice Nageswar Rao and  Justice Ravindra Bhat had reserved the order on 16th February, 2021 after hearing the argument of the petitioner and the State.