The apex court, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, issued a notice to Kunal Kamra and Ranchita Taneja and has granted them the liberty to not appear-in-person.
The Uttar Pradesh government had submitted a copy of a front-page story by Siddique Kappan in Thejas, dating back to November 30, 2011, wherein he had claimed that Al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden was a 'martyr'.