Appearing for the NGO, Advocate Siddharth Sharma submitted that notice had been issued only on the Indigent Person Application (IPA), not on the suit. He told the Court that instructions had been received to withdraw both the application and the suit, with liberty to file a fresh case on the same cause of action.
"Accordingly, the I.P.A. 1/2023 alongwith the suit is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty so sought, granted."
Justice Tushar Rao Gedela accordingly dismissed Justice on Trial v. British Broadcasting Corporation (India) & Anr. as withdrawn, while granting liberty to institute a fresh suit on the same cause of action.
