Delhi High Court quashes FIR against NewsClick and its founder
Fraud not proven in allegations regarding foreign investment and expenditure of funds
By Capital Kranti desk, Gandhinagar · Editor: Parth Thakkar
6 November 2026, 2:55 pm · 1 min read
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The Delhi High Court has quashed the FIR registered against digital news platform NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha, as well as the money laundering case filed by the ED. The court ruled that there is no evidence of crimes such as fraud or criminal breach of trust in the allegations related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), valuation of shares, and expenditure of funds.
Justice Nina Bansal Krishna delivered this judgment on May 29. She observed that even if all the allegations made in the complaint are accepted in their original form, the essential elements of a crime are not satisfied. For these reasons, the court decided to quash the case.
According to a report by The Hindu, this FIR was registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on August 26, 2020. In this case, serious allegations were made against NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha, but the court did not find them legally sustainable.
With this verdict, NewsClick and its founder have now been exonerated from these specific legal charges. The court clarified that the evidence and allegations presented do not constitute any kind of criminal offence, making it inappropriate to continue the proceedings.
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