The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed Malayalam news channel MediaOne's appeal against a single judge order upholding the Centre's decision to stop its telecast by not renewing its licence.
The Kerala High Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on Malayalam news channel MediaOne's appeal against a single judge order upholding the Centre's decision to stop its telecast by not renewing its licence.
Pramod Raman, who heads the Malayalam channel banned by the Union government, speaks on the attack on journalism, the home ministry's powers, the necessity to invoke 'national security' and the judiciary.
It behoves a court – when it is going to uphold a total ban on free speech – to explain in at least some fashion how that ban is justified and how the four-step proportionality test has been satisfied.