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A court in Bengaluru on Saturday issued temporary injunction against 68 media houses restraining them from airing or publishing any unverified news item or defamatory content against six ministers of BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka.
The Bengaluru court passed the order on a joint petition by the six ministers Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar, Agriculture Minister BC Patil, Cooperative Minister ST Somashekar, and Health Family Welfare and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar. The petition was filed on Friday.
On Saturday, Addtional City Civil and Sessions Judge D S Vijaya Kumar, in his order, said that the media houses are restrained from telecasting or publishing any unverified news items against the ministers till next order.