An Ahmedabad court on Saturday concluded the hearing on a petition filed by news portal The Wire against a gag order in connection with a civil defamation suit filed by Jay Shah, son of BJP chief Amit Shah.

Additional Senior Civil Judge B K Dasondi said the order may be passed on December 23.

Earlier, the Gujarat High Court had rejected the news portal’s petition challenging the gag order, and asked it to approach the court which had passed the order.

The high court also asked the lower court to decide The Wire’s plea before December 26.

The lower court had issued an injunction while hearing the Rs 100-crore civil defamation suit filed by Jay Shah against seven respondents over an article published by the news portal.

It prohibited The Wire from publishing, broadcasting or printing anything on the basis of the article in question till the suit was disposed of.