Ahead of December 10 hearing in Bombay High Court for quashing of FIR in the Anvay Naik case, two interim applications have been filed by Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami about "premeditated, prejudged and predetermined" nature of the action by the Maharashtra government, specifically on the part of the Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

Petitioner Arnab Goswami via his legal counsel has spoken of the "entire exercise in malice" by the Maharashtra government from May 2020 to November 2020.