The ban on Jama’at Islami’s Media One channel will continue. The Division Bench of Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal against the Single Bench order. The High Court Division Bench clarified that it should not interfere with the order of the Single Bench.
The single bench of the high court had upheld the petition filed by the central government against the ban on the broadcast of Media One channel. An appeal against the order was rejected by a division bench comprising the Chief Justice.
A division bench comprising the Chief Justice dismissed the appeals filed by the channel owners Madhyam Broadcasting Limited, channel employees and the Kerala Journalists Union.
On January 31, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting banned the channel from broadcasting due to lack of security clearance from the Home Ministry.
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