HC allows airing of TV show on Muslims in IAS

September 11, 2020 17:28

A screengrab from the trailer of the show viral on social media

The Delhi High Court Friday declined to stay the evening telecast of Sudarshan TV's Bindas Bol' programme, whose promo claimed that the channel was all set to broadcast a 'big expose on conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims in government service'. The show is scheduled to be telecast at 8 pm on Friday.

Justice Navin Chawla also issued notice and sought reply of the Centre and Sudarshan News and its Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke on a petition filed by former and present students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University challenging the nod given by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to the channel's broadcast.

The high court granted time to the ministry, represented through central government standing counsel Anurag Ahluwalia, to file an affidavit in response to the plea which has sought to set aside the government's September 9 order and to reassess the legality of the channel's show. It fixed the next date of hearing on November 18.

Advocate Bijender Singh, who was representing the TV channel, said "there is no stay on the telecast of the programme. The court declined it." The petition by Syed Mujtaba Athar and Ritesh Siraj sought urgent hearing seeking a direction prohibiting the broadcast of the show titled Bindas Bol', which is scheduled to be telecast at 8 pm tonight on Sudarshan TV till the time government decides on the legality of the show. -- PTI

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