The Supreme Court refused to hear the court’s order challenging the court order to stop reporting in the media related to the brother -in -law of Dharmashal Dharmadhikari D. Virendra Hegde in Karnataka.
This order of the court, related to the ban on sharing or disclosing the reports with a third unauthorized party, was related to the reports of alleged murder of women in the Dharmasthal of South Kannada district of the state.
In the petition filed against the unilateral interim order of a local court, the validity of the directive has been questioned, in which 390 media institutions were directed to remove about 9,000 links and news related to the Dharmasthal Burry case.
Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai, Justice K.K. Vinod Chandran and Justice J. Bagchi’s bench asked the petitioner why he did not move the High Court. The Chief Justice said, “You go to the High Court first.”
The lower court passed this order in a defamation case filed by Harshendra Kumar, Secretary, Shri Manjunathswamy temple institutions. Kumar had allegedly highlighted the online spread of false and derogatory content, while no FIR had any special allegations against him or temple officials.
Recently, Karnataka Home Minister G. God had insisted that there should be a thorough investigation before reaching any conclusion regarding the alleged murder of women in the shrine. Earlier, the state government formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the allegations.
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