[Media Trial On Sushant Singh Case] Live-Updates of Hearing Before Bombay High Court

Chinoy referring to the SC judgment in "In Re: Destruction of Public & Private Properties(2009)" to support his argument that High Courts have power to issue guidelines on an issue where there is no suitable law.

In a matter with obstruction to justice, character of people involved, their action was delinquent : Aspi Chinoy

Govt of India should explain why a campaign of 2 months(in #SSRCase) is not looked into. There was no response to this sustained reporting carried out for months : Aspi Chinoy

There is a mechanism to monitor the channels 24*7 for the Government of India called the Electronic Monitoring Committee(EMC), as stated in Ministry's affidavit. Despite that there is no suo moto action : Aspi Chinoy

NBSA can impose a maximum of Rs one lakh fine. Under the Cable TV Act, the Govt can cause the transmission to be stopped : Aspi Chinoy

There is a mechanism to monitor the channels 24*7 for the Government of India called the Electronic Monitoring Committee(EMC), as stated in Ministry's affidavit. Despite that there is no suo moto action : Aspi Chinoy

Chinoy refers to the 2009 judgment of the Supreme Coury laying down guidelines for dealing with destruction of public property. In that case, the SC held that High Courts can lay down guidelines to fill up legislative vacuum, he submits.

The ASG said I can ask only for a postponement order. That is far more drastic. That will stop all reporting : Aspi Chinoy

Media cannot play judge and jury. That is beyond the pale of reporting : Aspi Chinoy

To attract 'interference with administration of justice' under Contempt of Courts Act, it does not matter if the proceeding is pending in the court or not :Aspi Chinoy

The Explanation in CoC Act which defines judicial proceeding as post-cognizance proceedings is only for Section 3 and not applicable to Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act : Aspi Chinoy

I am not saying that media should not do critical reporting. But there is a kernel- there cannot be prejudging of guilt : Aspi Chinoy

Government has not taken any action over the past three months on the media trial in #SSRCase. Is this called the 'robust system'? If they had acted, we would not have come here : Aspi Chinoy

Having a framework is not enough. Either the authorities are not aware of its content or are abdicating their powers :Aspi Chinoy

Same thing goes for NBSA. They say they have a 'robust framework'. But see what they have done with the framework :Aspi Chinoy

Chinoy's argument is that media trial amounts to interference with administration of justice amounting to contempt of court.