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NEW DELHI: :The Delhi high court on Thursday issued notices to TV news channels and the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) on a plea by jailed climate activist Disha Ravi seeking to restrain police and media from selectively leaking private chats.
Justice Pratibha M Singh issued notices to the channels even as police maintained that they had not leaked any material to the media in relation to its probe on the FIR against Disha for her alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the ongoing farmers’ protest.
Appearing for police, solicitor general Tushar Mehta said he will file an affidavit in this regard. Since there were no counsel representing NBSA and some of the channels named in Ravi’s petition, the court issued notices to them and said it will hear the matter on Friday.
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There should be balance between right to privacy, freedom of speech, sovereignty and integrity of country: Delhi HC ANI | Updated: Feb 19, 2021 14:09 IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court while hearing the plea of climate activist Disha Ravi on Friday said there should be a balance between the right to privacy and freedom of speech of people, and sovereignty and integrity of the country.
The bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh said, There is no doubt that regulations of content have been a very contested issue across the world and India is no exception to it.
Delhi police on Thursday told Delhi High Court that it had not leaked any material to the media in relation to its probe in the FIR against climate activist Disha Ravi for her alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the ongoing farmers’ protest.
The court was hearing Disha’s plea to restrain police from leaking to the media any probe material in relation to the FIR lodged against her.
The submission was made before Justice Prathiba M. Singh by solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the police.
The court asked the police to file an affidavit containing its submission that it had not leaked any material relating to the investigation to the media.