Supreme Court quashes sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua for his YouTube video on COVID lockdown Admin Thu, Jun 03, 2021, at ,01:18 PM The Supreme Court quashed an FIR registered by the Himachal Pradesh Police against senior journalist Vinod Dua last year for his comments critical of the government’s handling of COVID-19 lockdown on his YouTube channel. “We have quashed the proceedings and FIR. Every journalist will be entitled to protection under Kedar Nath Singh's judgment (on sedition),” said a bench headed by Justice UU Lalit which had reserved its verdict on October 6 last year. The Shimla FIR was registered at the insistence of Himachal Pradesh BJP leader Ajay Shyam who filed a criminal complaint against Dua accusing him of instigating violence against the government by allegedly spreading fake news.