The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair seems to get bail in one case and remanded in another in a “vicious cycle”, as it ordered that no “precipitative action” be taken in five FIRs registered against him by the Uttar Pradesh police until the next hearing on Wednesday, July 20.

A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna issued notice on the plea filed by Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP police. During the hearing, Justice Chandrachud orally remarked that “contents of all FIRs seem to be similar.