"I think time has come to decriminalise all this..." Justice Sundresh observed orally. The top court was hearing a plea challenging a trial court order issuing summons to them in a defamation case filed by the former JNU professor over the publication of the dossier. The Delhi High Court in 2023 had quashed the summons issued to them. The top court, however, reversed the order and remanded the matter for fresh consideration before the trial court. The trial court again issued a summons, and the high court also upheld it.