On Monday, a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni handed its ruling after listening to pleas filed by former law enforcement officials from Maharashtra in addition to activists, attorneys and NGOs looking for restraining orders in opposition to media trial within the Sushant Singh Rajput loss of life case. The court docket mentioned {that a} media trial of an ongoing investigation violates program code below the Cable TV community Regulation Act and does have an effect on the probe.
During its verdict, the HC mentioned that some reporting by information channels like Republic TV and Times Now was “prima facie contemptuous”. The bench however refrained from initiating any action against them.
The bench also said that the media should avoid putting photographs of victims and accused as well as reconstructing the incident while the investigation is ongoing. “Trial by media results in interference and obstruction of justice and clearly quantities to contempt”, observed the court.
The court also accepted the accusation that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has abdicated statutory functions pertaining to regulations related to reportng in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.
The court ordered that the Press Council of India (PCI) guidelines will apply to electronic media along with print media till the time electronic media frame their own guidelines.
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