The Delhi High Court issued notices to various media outlets and journalists on Monday about its coverage of the death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rapjut.
Republic TV, Times Now, its executive editors Arnab Goswami and Navika Kumar are among those who received the notification from the high court. The court was hearing the petition filed by 34 Bollywood production houses seeking to restrict content broadcast by the media.
The court has also asked the defendants to ensure that defamatory content is not displayed on their channels or uploaded to their social media.
Judge Rajiv Shakdher said: “Meanwhile, the attorneys for the defendants (channels) have also assured me that they would follow the program code and the rules outlined in the Cable Television Regulation Act.”
A large number of prominent Bollywood filmmakers had filed a lawsuit against “media lawsuits of Bollywood personalities” in October, for insulting them and depicting all of “Bollywood as criminals” and sought action against them in the aftermath of the death case investigation. of Rajput.
The guilty plea filed through DSK Legal had also sought directions to the various social media platforms to prevent them from posting these journalists’ comments, ultimately leading to media trials of Bollywood personalities and interfering with the right to privacy of individuals associated with Bollywood.
According to the petition, the lawsuit was filed because the channels used derogatory words for Bollywood such as “dirt”, “filth”, “scum”, “drug addicts” and expressions such as “Bollywood is where you have to clean the dirt”. “,” All the perfumes of Arabia cannot remove the stench and stench of this filth and scum from the belly of Bollywood “,” this is the dirtiest industry in the country “, and” Bollywood soaked in cocaine and LSD “.
Prominent petitioners include the Film and Television Producers Guild of India (PGI), the Film and Television Artists Association (CINTAA), the Council of Film and Television Producers of India (IFTPC), the Association Writers (SWA), Aamir Khan Productions, Ad-Labs Films, Ajay DevgnFflims, Andolan Films, Anil Kapoor Film and Communication Network, Arbaaz Khan Productions, Ashutosh Gowariker Productions, BSK Network and Entertainment, Cape of Good Films, Clean Slate Filmz, Dharma Productions, Emmay Entertainment & Motion Pictures, Excel Entertainment, Filmkraft Producciones, Hope Production, Kabir Khan Films, Luv Films, Macguffin Pictures, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, One India Stories, RS Entertainment (Ramesh Sippy Entertainment), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures, Red Chillies Entertainment, Reel Life Productions, Reliance Bigtty Entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez, Roy Kapur Films, Salman Khan Films, Sikhya Entertainment, Sohail Khan Produ ctions, Tiger Baby Digital, Vinod Chopra Films, Vishal Bhardwaj Yashraj Images and Films.
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