Arnab Goswami

After listening Arnab Goswami's counsels "for considerable time" regarding a bail plea, the Bombay High Court on November 6 said it would continue the hearing on November 7. The court stated the hearing would be a "special session" and two other accused in the case would also be heard. Goswami has been arrested in an abetment of suicide case and, earlier, was sentenced a 14-day judicial custody by a Chief Judicial Magistrate.

Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami has been arrested on November 4 by the Mumbai Police for abetting the suicide of a mother-son duo in 2018. He has been charged under Section 306 of IPC. Reportedly, a team of police, with over a dozen armed guards, entered Goswami's residence where they took him under custody. However, Goswami's side claimed that he was "manhandled" and the case was already closed by judiciary.

The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) in its statement on October 18 stated that it never commented on the ongoing TRP scam case and provided full support to investigation agencies. The statement was released after Republic TV earlier mentioned of a mail from the BARC. The mail as claimed by the channel stated: "If there was any disciplinary action initiated against ARG Outlier Media Private Ltd (Republic TV), then BARC India would… read-more

Several Bollywood production houses filed lawsuit in the Delhi High Court on October 12 against Republic TV's Arnab Goswami, Times Now's Rahul Shivshankar and two others. The lawsuit alleged they made "derogatory" remarks against Bollywood. The petitioners' list includes Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan among others. The petition also read the people concerned were running "parallel private investigations" in Sushant's… read-more