Sudarshan News and Sushant Singh cases put spotlight on powers of courts to restrain media coverage

Mumbai, Sep 16: The Bombay High Court issued a notice to the Union government over a petition filed by an NGO seeking that the media be restrained from reporting on issues related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and subsequent probe into the case.

This is the third such plea filed before the Bombay High Court.

A bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta is already hearing two pleas, one filed by Pune-based filmmaker Nilesh Navlakha and two others, and another by eight former police officials from the state.

The court has now tagged all the three pleas together for a joint hearing on October 8.