Sushant case: media trial impacts investigation, says HC https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/sushant-case-media-trial-can-affect-probe-says-hc/article33600567.ece he Bombay High Court on Monday held that a media trial interferes with administration of justice and could lead to obstructing investigation and administration of justice. The court, referring to the print and electronic coverage following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, said this amounts to criminal contempt.
https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/media-trial-as-seen-in-sushant-singh-rajputs-case-amounts-to-contempt-of-court-bombay-high-court/article33601707.ece
As per a LiveLawreport, the bench, while advising that coverage be informative and of public interest, held that “media trial [that happens after judicial proceedings begin] interferes with administration of justice and hence amounts to 'contempt of court' as defined under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.”
In disposing of PILs seeking regulation of media trials in the backdrop of the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case, the bench laid down guidelines by pronouncing them in open court. Chief among them, it held that the Press Council of India’s guidelines on crime reporting be made applicable to broadcast media as well