Soni Razdan Calls Rhea Chakraborty An Innocent Victim Of A Very Twisted Design , Hopes She Will Do Well
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2020 had been a hard year for most of the people out here. The pandemic just disheveled all our plans and our lives. But, the year had been particularly difficult for Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty. The actress lost her boyfriend, Sushant Singh Rajput in June and right after that, his family alleged that she drove him to die by suicide. She was named as the prime suspect and spent most of her months going to the ED, the CBI and the NCB. The last had even put her in judicial custody before the Bombay High Court cleared her name and dropped charges. She had been subjected to constant media trials. She has shown courage by being able to stand all the hatred in its face, but many wonder whether she will be able to get back to Bollywood.
Sushant Singh Rajput Case: High Court Asks Media To Exercise Restraint, Says Trail Hinders Administration Of Justice
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The Bombay High Court on Monday asked media houses to exercise restraint when reporting on suicide cases, saying media trial leads to interference and obstruction to administration of justice and amounts to contempt of court.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said the press must avoid discussions and debates relating to criminal investigations, and it should confine only to informative reportage that is in public interest. The bench also held that prima facie some reportage by Republic TV and Times Now in the aftermath of the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput were contemptuous .
Actress Soni Razdan came out in support of Rhea Chakraborty, who is being investigated for her alleged involvement in the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
SSR case media trial was contemptuous, says Bombay High Court
SSR case media trial was contemptuous, says Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has ruled that the media trial in the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput was contemptuous.
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UPDATED: January 18, 2021 18:52 IST
The court also held that trial by media of the actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case hindered the administration of justice.
While passing a verdict in a bunch of petitions filed against media trials in the wake of reportage relating to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the bench of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said, Trial by media obstructs the fair probe in a criminal case. The regime of self-regulation by the media has no sanctity.”
Part of the coverage by Republic TV and Times Now in the Sushant Singh Rajput case was "prima facie contemptuous" of the Mumbai Police, the Bombay High Court said today while hearing a plea in the matter. The court said it would not take "any action as of now" but made it clear that media trial during investigation in a case "does impact the investigation".