Broadcast major Star India approached the Delhi High Court seeking its direction to the Centre not to interfere in the broadcast of the second season of its controversial TV show 'Sach Ka Saamna'. The broadcaster pleaded the court to stay the notices issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry which alleged that the show violates the programme code. Justice S Murlidhar,however,declined to give interim relief to Star,after the Centre contended that an inter-ministerial committee is looking into the matter. "There is an inter-ministerial committee. Let's see what it decides and what it recommends," the court said while listing the matter for further hearing on April 20. Star India submitted that it has done all preparation for the TV show which is scheduled to be broadcast from April 1 and it would cause a huge financial loss to it if the programme is not allowed to be telecast. The show poses a series of mostly personal questions to contestants who are put through a lie-detector test to ascertain if the answers they are giving are true. A number of social organisations have alleged that the show is detrimental to Indian family values.
