EC asks Madras HC to restrain media from reporting court observations Plea comes after strictures against poll panel, bench refuses to entertain Days after a stinging rap from the judiciary, the Election Commission on Friday moved the Madras High Court, seeking to restrain the media from reporting oral observations of judges made on its role in conducting elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic,a plea the court refused. Comments of murder charges against ECI officials and the institution being solely responsible for the surge in Covid-19 cases had caused great damage and it had tarnished the EC's image, its counsel contended.