Supreme Court of India

Chief Election Commissioner of India v. M.r Vijayabhaskar & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 5 S.C.R. 196
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 6 May 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we find no substanc e in the 231 prayer of the EC for restraining the media from reporting on court proceedings.

Judgment, page 35

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Arts. 32, 226, 19(1)(a), 19(2) – Freedom of the media to repor t court proceedings – High Court made certain oral re marks attributing responsibility to the Election Commissi on-EC for the present surge in the number of cases of COVID-19, d ue to their failure to implement COVID-19 related protocol during the e lections – Oral remarks were ‘EC is singularly responsible fo r the second wave of Covid-19 and that the EC should be put up f or murder charges” – Said remarks though not part of order of the High Court, were reported in print, electronic and tele media – EC

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