[LIVE-UPDATES] SC Hearing In Plea Against Sudarshan TV's "UPSC Jihad ' Show

Divam: Investigative story and a show of what the journalist has discovered & that it is in public interest to bring forth this story. Enormous amount of funding which is from overseas sources which are inimical to the interests India. This is the Channel's perspective.

Farasat: I have the entire show with me. I intend to only show the vicious nature of the show.

Justice Chandrachud to Divan: Can you tell us in a nutshell, a drift of the program that you are running?

Divan: There are a total of 10 episodes. 1st on 11th September and then on 12th, 13th & 14th. Four episodes have been run.

The show will be run tonight and will be run successively. Rather than have snippets of this show, full program must be looked at.

Justice KM Joseph: If you want that, you must undertake to defer the program.

Divan: I won't defer that and don't intend to make that concession but want your lordships to see the entire program instead of snippets here and there.

Farasat: The promo of the show, I want to share it with your lordships. I want to show it parts.

Divan: Don't your lordships first want to see the full program? I had requested two weeks to file a reply.

Farasat: I have seen this show. What is the essence of hate speech? It means demeaning of a particular community or an individual. Hate speech is impossible to respond to.

How do I respond to "Muslims are not worthy of the Civil Service?"

Advocate Shadan Farasat begins submissions.

"I have moved an IA. This show has been broadcast thrice. The content of this broadcast is nothing but the vilification of the muslim community and that their participation is wrong"

Justice KM Joseph: So many things masquerading as rights, that in essence tramples Article 19. 

Justice Chandrachud says that sources will have to be identified.

Justice Chandrachud: Act says that communal reporting cannot be done.

SG: Some channels were bombarding with "Hindu terror!" some time ago. The question is to what extent can the content be controlled?