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The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud.
”We will take it up after admission (matters) are over,” the CJI told senior advocate Shyam Divan, who mentioned the matter for the Guild.
Divan said two FIRs have been lodged against the Guild members in Manipur and they are seeking protection from coercive action in these cases.
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A second FIR was also registered against the four members of the Guild, with additional charge of defamation.
The Guild, in a report published on Saturday, had slammed the internet ban in the state as being detrimental to media reportage, criticised what it termed as one-sided reporting by some media outlets and claimed there were indications that the state leadership ”had turned partisan” during the conflict period.