The guild noted that the court, instead of protecting media freedom, has issued an order that has effectively curbed it.
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India today condemned a Patna high court order restraining the media from reporting on the probe into the Muzaffarpur shelter abuse case and appealed to its and Supreme Court’s chief justices to review the decision.
In a statement, the media body said such restrictions on reporting on matters of public importance are counterproductive as it decried the recent growing trend of courts issuing such restraint orders on the media that undermine one of the pillars of democracy.
The guild is distressed to note that the court, instead of protecting media freedom, has issued an order that has effectively curbed it, it said.
“It condemns such orders as it believes that such restrictions on reporting on investigations into a matter of public importance are counterproductive,” the statement said.
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