Thursday, May 2, 2024

Topic: MediaOne

Because ‘national security’

MediaOne Channel was banned by the government. The party that was banned was not given specific reasons for the ban, because ‘national security.’

MediaOne TV ban: Channel to approach Supreme Court after Kerala HC dismisses plea

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal moved by Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV against the single judge order upholding the recent ban imposed on it by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on "national security grounds."

Kerala HC’s MediaOne ‘Judgment’: Evolving Indian jurisprudence of sealed cover

In any event, the Kerala High Court “judgment” marks another valuable contribution to the evolving Indian jurisprudence of the sealed cover, where fundamental rights are sacrificed at the altar of secret material passed between the government and the judge, with neither the petitioner nor the public ever getting to know why a citizen’s rights have been done away with.