INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked Republic TV and Times Now to respond to leading Bollywood producers' plea seeking to restrain
them from making or publishing allegedly ?irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks" against the film industry and conducting media
trials against its members on various issues.Justice Rajiv Shakdher also asked the media houses AGR Outlier Media Pvt Ltd and Bennett
counsel for the media houses gave assurance to the court that they will follow the programme code.The lawsuit by four Bollywood industry
associations and 34 leading producers, has also sought to restrain them from interfering with the right to privacy of persons associated
with the industry.It has sought direction to Republic TV, its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and reporter Pradeep Bhandari, Times Now, its
editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar and group editor Navika Kumar, and unknown defendants as well as social media platforms to refrain from
further hearing on December 14.
