HC Asks I&B Ministry To File Report On Rakul Preet's Complaint Against Channels Connecting Her With Drugs Case
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to file a status report about the actions taken against tv channels that allegedly violated the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) act
The
Delhi
High
Court
on
Thursday
(March
4)
asked
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
to
file
a
status
report
about
the
actions
taken
against
TV
channels
that
allegedly
violated
the
Cable
TV
Networks
(Regulation)
Act,
and
reported
news
connecting
actor
Rakul
Preet
Singh
with
the
Rhea
Chakraborty
drugs
case.
According
to
PTI,
Justice
Prathiba
M
Singh
has
perused
two
reports
from
the
News
Broadcasting
Standards
Association
(NBSA)
and
I&B
Ministry
on
the
actions
taken.
A
second
status
report
has
been
asked
to
be
filed
within
six
weeks
after
necessary
actions
are
taken
against
erring
channels.
Meanwhile,
the
NBSA
informed
the
court
that
it
has
examined
the
actor's
complaint
and
have
issued
various
orders
against
member
channels.
And
I&B
representative
Ajay
Digpaul
told
the
court
that
necessary
action
has
been
initiated
against
the
accused
channels.
The
court
was
also
informed
that
I&B
has
shared
further
advisory
with
all
private
channels
to
adhere
to
the
guidelines
under
the
Cable
TV
Networks
(Regulation)
Act.
Rakul
Preet
Singh
in
her
application
had
sought
an
interim
order
against
the
media
channels
till
the
investigation
by
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB),
Mumbai
in
the
drugs
case
was
complete,
and
an
appropriate
report
was
filed
by
the
agency
before
the
competent
court.
In
her
main
petition,
the
actor
has
sought
directions
to
the
authorities
to
stop
media
reports
from
connecting
her
with
the
Rhea
Chakraborty
drugs
case.
Rakul
had
claimed
in
her
petition
that
Rhea
Chakraborty
had
already
retracted
the
statement
in
which
she
was
allegedly
named,
and
still
several
media
channels
were
connecting
her
to
the
drug
case.
The
Delhi
High
Court
has
listed
the
matter
for
further
hearing
on
May
20,
2021.