In a statement, Digipub News India Foundation claimed that the searches "mainly serve the purpose of criminalising and creating a chilling effect against the profession of journalism in India".
Though 'The Wire' has apologised to its readers and withdrawn the stories, the BJP leader had noted that the news portal did not offer him an apology.
Malviya had on Friday said he would pursue criminal and civil proceedings against the portal over stories, since retracted, that insinuated the BJP leader enjoyed the privilege on Meta platforms of having any post taken down which he believed was against the BJP's interests.
The public spat between The Wire and Meta began when the publication accused the company of bending to BJP IT Cell Chief Amit Malviya's will and removing a post from @cringearchivist on Instagram.
The Wire has pulled down all its reporting on Meta that alleged that BJP's IT Cell Chief Amit Malviya was part of the company's XCheck programme
The company was accused of closely facilitating misuse of the app by the BJP.
Michael K Williams was found dead Monday afternoon by family members in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment, New York City police said. He was 54.
VK Jain, a former IAS officer who worked as a personal assistant to the Delhi CM also appears to have marked as a person of interest in the leaked records in 2018, the latest report by The Wire said.
The website's lawyer, senior advocate Dushyant Dave, argued that the lower court's order prohibiting it from publishing any article related to Jay Shah was a curtailment of the Constitutional freedom of speech and expression.
MK Venu, Founding Editor at The Wire says backward caste politics are here to stay despite Jayalalithaa's death. O Panneerselvam will have to increase the funds for welfare schemes.