An Ahmedabad court today partly lifted its gag order against news portal "The Wire", allowing it to publish articles on the business of Jay Shah, the son of BJP chief Amit Shah, but said it should not link the subject matter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Additional Senior Civil Judge BK Dasondi also stayed the operation of his order for two weeks, so that Jay Shah, who had filed a civil defamation suit against "The Wire", could move a higher court against it.

"The Wire" had moved the court against its injunction that it should not publish anything about Jay Shah's business until the suit was disposed of.

The court today said the news portal could publish articles regarding Jay Shah's business, but it would not have any reference to the prime minister, as the original article in question could not justify linking the rise in Mr Shah's company's turnover to PM Modi becoming prime minister.