# Supreme Court to hear journalist’s plea against Ghaziabad FIR 2026-08-24T07:40:54+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a plea from journalist Abhishek Upadhyay challenging an FIR lodged by Ghaziabad police in an alleged road-rage case. Upadhyay, who runs a YouTube channel and reported on alleged irregularities in Ayodhya Ram temple donations and Uttar Pradesh government corruption, claims the FIR is based on concocted allegations and is an attempt to harass him for his journalistic work. Upadhyay's counsel told a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant that multiple FIRs, including one under the SC/ST Act, have been filed against him and that police raided his home on August 20. The journalist seeks quashing of the FIR or transfer of the investigation to Delhi Police or the CBI, arguing he cannot safely approach the Allahabad High Court. The court agreed to list the matter subject to curing defects in the petition. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three sources report the same facts from the Supreme Court mention, with none deviating into editorial framing. Hindustan Times, India Today, and Deccan Chronicle each lead with the court's agreement to hear the plea and reproduce Upadhyay's claims without independent verification of the road-rage incident or the temple-donation allegations. The uniform coverage is straight wire-style reporting. The careful reader should note that while the journalist's apprehension of state harassment is reported verbatim, no source has yet sought comment from the Ghaziabad police or the Uttar Pradesh government. The key date to watch is Tuesday's hearing, when the bench may either grant interim protection or transfer the investigation. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Leads with SC agreeing to hear plea, reproduces journalist's claims without comment - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Leads with SC hearing, adds context of Ram temple donation reporting early - deccanchronicle.com (neutral report) Nearly identical to HT text, no independent reporting added This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-24T07:48:02+00:00. Tags: Abhishek Upadhyay, Ram Temple Ayodhya, SC/ST Act, Supreme Court of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sc-to-hear-plea-of-journalist-challenging-road-rage-fir/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sc-to-hear-plea-of-journalist-challenging-road-rage-fir/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/