The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Telangana High Court’s decision setting aside a media gag order in the Megha Engineering defamation case, reaffirming constitutional limits on prior restraint and strengthening press freedom protections.
Dharmasthala mass burial case took a turn when the complainant witness admitted in Belthangady court that the skull he produced was not from the buried body, after which SIT officials immediately took him into custody.
Today, On 8th August, The Supreme Court, while hearing the Dharmasthala burial case, observed that “gag orders are passed in the rarest of cases” and cautioned that such orders “can stiffen free speech,” directing the trial court to decide the matter afresh within two weeks.
The News Minute moves the Karnataka High Court challenging gag orders in the Dharmasthala burial case, asserting that silencing the truth won’t bury it and defending press freedom under Article 19.
