16 media associations write to CJI Chandrachud on ‘repressive use’ of investigating agencies against media

Several media associations have written to the Chief Justice of India seeking intervention to stop the alleged repressive use of investigating agencies against the media. They are demanding guidelines on police seizures of electronic devices of journalists. The letter was written in response to a raid by Delhi police’s Special Cell on the residences of journalists associated with the news portal ‘Newsclick’.