Sudarshan TV, which is facing legal proceedings in the Supreme Court, has moved an application seeking a live telecast of the hearing of the plea, which has raised a grievance over its “Bindas Bol” programme, the promo of which had claimed that the channel would air a “big expose on the conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims in government service”.
On September 15, the top court had restrained the channel from telecasting the episodes of “Bindas Bol” till further orders, saying that “the intent” of the episodes “prima facie” appeared to “vilify” the Muslim community.
The application filed by Sudarshan News through its director and editor Suresh Chavhanke said, “It is respectfully submitted that the present case is one of the most important cases concerning the public at large as the question of freedom of press protected by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India is involved.”
It said crores of viewers of the channel want to know about the legal proceedings and hear the points of arguments being raised by the parties.
“Direct for a live telecast of the proceedings of this case through audio-visual broadcasting/telecasting universally by an official agency as the court may deem fit and proper,” the application said.
A bench comprising justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph will take up the matter for hearing at 12 noon.
