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Supreme Court stays proceedings against editors of web News Portal 1. Order dated September 3, 2021 The Supreme Court has stayed further proceedings in a fresh case filed in West Bengal against some people, including editors of a news web portal, in connection with articles published by them. The court also made the protection granted in an interim order of last year to Nupur J Sharma, the editor of India, and others including its founder and CEO, as absolute. A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundress, while dealing with the fresh FIR said, “Further proceedings in pursuance of FIR No…registered at Bhadreswar Police Station shall remain stayed.” 2. Interim orders were absolute It said that interim orders passed on June 26, 2020, in the main writ petition filed last year are made absolute and posted the next hearing in November 2021. On June 26 last year, the top court had stayed further proceedings in three FIRs lodged in West Bengal against petitioners.