Sushant Singh Rajput death case: HC raises questions over Republic TV�s reportage - watsupptoday.com
Sushant Singh Rajput death case: HC raises questions over Republic TV�s reportage
Posted 22 Oct 2020 01:44 PM

22-10-2020
SushantSingh Rajput Murder Mystery

Advocate Malvika Trivedi for Republic TV refuted claims of petitioner that the channel had tried to malign the name of Mumbai Police by accusing it of not carrying out an investigation in the case. The Bombay High Court Wednesday sought to know from Republic TV if asking viewers who should be arrested in a case in which a probe is going on, and infringing upon a person�s rights qualified as �investigative journalism�. The court also asked the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) on why no suo motu action can be initiated for �irresponsible coverage� of criminal sensitive matters and media trial in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni was hearing Public Interest Litigations (PILs) by eight former senior police officers from Maharashtra, as well as activists, lawyers and NGOs seeking restraining orders against �media trial� in actor�s death case.

The bench was informed by the various news channels on allegations made by petitioners that the reporting in the case was not intended to influence or prejudice the minds of the court and contentions of the petitioners were unfounded.

Advocate Malvika Trivedi for Republic TV refuted claims of petitioner that the channel had tried to malign the name of Mumbai Police by accusing it of not carrying out an investigation in the case.

�There were some lacunae in the investigation by Mumbai police which the Supreme Court observed and hence allowed the investigation to be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),� Trivedi said. She added that the �demand for transfer of investigation was made by the family of the actor and since the celebrity died, the public was also curious to know the real facts.�

Trivedi submitted that investigative journalism to unearth facts related to the death case was undertaken by the news channel.

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