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

Under the statutory framework of Cable TV Act, if a media transmits something which amounts to contempt of court, then there is an obligation on the state authority under Section 20 to stop the transmission : Aspi Chinoy

It is the courts duty to lay down what the media can do and media cannot do in an issue like this : Aspi Chinoy for petitioners.

When media pre-judges matters, it affects the administration of justice : Aspi Chinoy for petitioners.

That would be violative of the right to fair trial under Article 21 and the presumption of innocene : Aspi Chinoy for petitioners.

Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy making submissions on behalf eight former officers of Maharashtra police who have filed one of the PILs.