Delhi High Court on Friday, refused to interfere with the ban on a controversial BBC documentary, India’s Daughter on the December 16 gangrape case, saying the issue of its telecast was pending before the trial court which was competent to deal with it.
A Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath also did not go into the validity of an advisory issued by the Centre against telecast of the short film, saying that it was only an advice to private TV channels and the documentary was not shown because of the restraint order of the trial court.
“So far as the judicial orders of March 3 and March 4, 2015 (banning telecast of the documentary) are concerned, since the matter is pending before the competent court of law and more particularly the investigation is still in progress, the interference by this court either under Article 226 or under Article 227 of the Constitution is not warranted,” the Bench said.