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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.
Karnataka Court Bars Media From Showing Defamatory Content On 6 Ministers Karnataka Court Bars Media From Showing Defamatory Content On 6 Ministers The ministers in the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led cabinet had moved the court on Friday seeking an injunction.
The court barred media from showing any defamatory content against six Karnataka ministers.
Bengaluru:
A city court on Saturday issued a temporary injunction against media organisations from telecasting or publishing of any defamatory and unverified news items against six Karnataka ministers.
The ministers in the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led cabinet had moved the court on Friday seeking an injunction.
Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge D S Vijaya Kumar in the order said in his opinion it is necessary to injunct telecasting or publishing of any unverified news items against the plaintiffs/applicants.