[Covid 19]: P&H HC Stays Karnal Administration's Blanket Order Prohibiting Circulation of News Via Social Media, News On Covid-19 Shall Be From Govt.Sources [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday stayed a "blanket bar" imposed by the Karnal administration on circulation of news via social media platforms, qua the writ petitioner. The single bench of Justice Sudip Ahluwalia ordered that the impugned order, so far as it pertains to the Petitioner- Samachar Express Broadcasting News Private Ltd, "is modified to the extent that...