Sudarshan TV case: In ‘message to media’, SC says country can’t survive with divisive agenda

Taking strong objection to the Bindas Bol programme by Sudarshan TV that claims to expose a “conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims in government service,” the Supreme Court Friday said a message must be sent to the media that “a particular community cannot be targeted” in the name of investigative journalism and that the “country cannot survive with such an agenda”.

The apex court, which has restrained Sudarshan TV from broadcasting remaining episodes of the show, also pulled up the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the National Broadcasting Association (NBA) for their alleged inaction and sought suggestions of the Centre and the NBA for strengthening the “self-regulating mechanism for electronic media”.