Thread by @OpIndia_com

J Sai Deepak: Applicants seek to place befre this Hon’ble Court a Report titled “A Study on Contemporary Standards in Religious Reporting by Mass Media” prepared by @OpIndia_com which captures approx 100 instances of patently false reportage by media

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J Sai Deepak: There are three issues have been submitted:

1. Question of Jurisdiction
2. What is Hate Speech
3. OpIndia report which tracks the contemporary landscape on the standards set by mass media in religious reporting

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Justice Indu Malhotra enquire as to who has authored the Report and what are its contents

Mr. @jsaideepak submitted that Report has been prepared by Opindia and that its contents have been put together based on database maintained by Opindia on false religious reportage in media

Mr. @jsaideepak further submitted that the purpose of the Report is to ensure that the episodes of Sudarshan News TV must be assessed in light of the contemporary standards of religious reportage observed by mainstream media, instead of being examined in isolation

Justice Chandrachud says that all intervenors including the entities represented by Mr. @jsaideepak shall be heard after the parties are heard.

Mr @jsaideepak: You will also want to consider that there is a question of chilling effect of an order and what example does it state for future orders though it may be only for this series .. order of this Court will have a chilling effect.

Justice Chandrachud responding to @jsaideepak: We agree with you. we are concerned about balance between speech and dignity. Here the community is a large amorphous group and we can't ask them to approach civil remedy.

Justice Chandrachud has indicated tht first the Petitioner and Intervenors in support of the Petitioner will be heard, followed by the SG, and then Mr. @jsaideepak, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi and others on the other side will address Court

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