The Supreme Court of India on 14 September 2012 lifted the gag order on media reporting of troop movement ordered by the Allahabad High Court. The SC pronounced the order while hearing the petition filed through PCI Chairman and former Apex Court judge Markandeya Katju's office which submitted that the HC order was in violation of the fundamental right under Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution, granted to the media and every citizen of the country.
On April 10, the High Court bench of justices Uma Nath Singh and Virendra Kumar Dixit had directed various Central and state government authorities to ensure that there is no reporting / release of any news item by the print or electronic media, namely the movement of troops.
The directions were given to the Union Home secretary, the Information and Broadcasting secretary and the principal secretary (Home) of the Uttar Pradesh government.
The High Court order had come on a PIL filed by a social activist relating to a report in The Indian Express on April 4, 2012. The report pertained to purported movements of some Army troops towards New Delhi.
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