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Comply with HC order restricting Ranya case coverage: Govt to media

The HC had passed the order on the petition of Rao’s mother, H P Rohini, whose counsel sought directions to lay down guidelines “with regard to the publication by the electronic media, in particular when the accused is a lady”.

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The DRI had arrested Ranya Rao at Kempegowda international airport on March 3 and seized 14.2kg of gold.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry Friday asked media houses to comply with Karnataka High Court order restricting coverage of the alleged gold smuggling case in which Kannada actor Ranya Rao has been booked.

Writing to all private satellite channels, newspapers and publishers of news on digital media, the I&B Ministry attached the Karnataka High Court’s March 18 order and asked media houses to “ensure necessary compliance to the aforesaid order and directions of the Hon’ble court immediately”. The HC had passed the order on the petition of Rao’s mother, H P Rohini, whose counsel sought directions to lay down guidelines “with regard to the publication by the electronic media, in particular when the accused is a lady”.

“The Learned Counsel Sri Mahesh Y L appearing for petitioner, taking this Court through the documents appended to the petition, would seek to demonstrate that the Civil Court has passed restraint orders against the media houses, restraining them from publication of any material that would touch upon the dignity of the petitioner, as any publication of the kind would be in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Despite the said order, it is the submission of the learned Counsel that the media houses are not encouraging restraint or not complying with the directions of the Civil Court,” the petitioner’s counsel said, as per the order.

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The court then ordered the respondent media houses to be “restrained from publishing, printing, airing and disseminating confidential information contained in the charge sheet” of the case until the next date of hearing. It also ordered the central government to convey the directions to media houses.

The DRI had arrested Ranya Rao at Kempegowda international airport on March 3 and seized 14.2kg of gold.

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