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Court bans reports on army movement episode
near Delhi
Wednesday April 11, 2012 09:37:34 AM,
IANS
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Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court Tuesday restrained the electronic and print
media from publishing and broadcasting any news reports on the
movement of two army units towards Delhi in January, as reported
in a section of the media.
A division bench of Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice V.K. Dixit
also directed the union home and information and broadcasting
ministries to ensure the implementation of the order. Similar
directions were issued to the Uttar Pradesh government.
The court was hearing a public interest suit filed by social
activist Nutan Thakur.
After hearing the petitioner and Assistant Solicitor General of
India I.H. Farooqui, the the court observed that a sensitive issue
like troop movements should not be allowed to become a matter of
public discussion at the cost of the country's security.
The judges agreed with the petitioner that media reporting on this
subject, if permitted to continue, may seriously jeopardise the
security of the country.
The court issued the order imposing curbs on the reporting of the
episode and said its copies be sent to officials concerned.
The petitioner had sought directions to the Prime Minister's
Office to form a judicial commission to probe the veracity of the
reports published in the media regarding movement of two army
units towards Delhi in January.
"I am very disturbed, like any true Indian about these reports and
want to get to the bottom of the story," Thakur told IANS.
Thakur said that in case it was found that the news reports of
army movement, projected as a "coup attempt", was found to be
false, strict legal action should be taken against the
publications.
On April 4, the Indian Express carried a report stating that two
units of the Indian Army, based in Hisar and Agra, moved towards
the national capital January 16 without notifying the government.
While the army had described it as a routine exercise, the
government dismissed it as baseless.
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