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In a reprieve for the media,the Bombay High Court set aside a Magistrate’s order barring the reporters from proceedings in the drunken driving case involving beautician Nooriya Haveliwala.
Justice S C Dharmadhikari said reporters can cover the trial and take notes too. Haveliwala is accused of fatally hitting two persons – a policeman and a biker – with her car while driving allegedly under influence of liquor here on January 30.
But the High Court said reporters should not cause any inconvenience to the court staff and the lawyers.
Yesterday,in an unprecedented order,Additional Magistrate V W Sonawane said media would not be allowed to cover the proceedings in the case,because there wasn’t enough space in the court room. Interestingly,the Magistrate rejected Haveliwala’s application for ‘in-camera’ trial too.
Mediapersons filed an appeal against this order in the High Court. Their counsel Rizwan Merchant argued that media has a constitutional right,under Article 19 of the Constitution,to cover court proceedings.
The Additional Public Prosecutor,too,said that state did not support the Magistrate’s order.
Meanwhile,Haveliwala was remanded to judicial custody till February 18 by the Magistrate.
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