: Kerala HC upholds Centre’s ban on news channel MediaOne TV #IndiaNEWS The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the ban imposed by the Union government on Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV, reported

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Kerala HC upholds Centre’s ban on news channel MediaOne TV #IndiaNEWS
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the ban imposed by the Union government on Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV, reported Bar and Bench. The news channel had gone off air on January 31 after the Centre suspended its telecast citing “security reasons�. The channel is reported to be backed by members of the Kerala unit of Jamaat-e-Islami. Jamaat-e-Islami is a socio-religious political organisation that the Centre had declared an “unlawful association� for five years for activities “prejudicial to internal security and public order� in 2019.The Kerala High Court had asked the Centre on February 2 to disclose the reason behind cancelling the telecast permission of the news channel. The court had extended till February its interim order to defer the Centre’s decision to suspend the channel’s licence. The judge had also asked for the home ministry files that recommended the cancellation of security clearance of the channel.At Tuesday’s hearing, the High Court said it has gone through the files submitted by the home ministry.“Based on those inputs, it was found that security clearance should not be renewed,� said Justice N Nagaresh. “There are inputs which justify the decision.� The court dismissed MediaOne TV’s petition challenging the ban.Nagaresh noted that the petitioner’s reliance on Supreme Court’s verdict in the Pegasus case was not helpful as...Read more

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