The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to interfere with the ban on telecast of BBC documentary India’s Daughter on the December 16 gang rape, saying the issue was pending before the trial court which was competent to deal with it.
A bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath also refused to decide on the validity of an advisory issued by the Centre against telecast of the film as it said it was only an advice to private TV channels and the documentary was not shown because of the restraint order of the trial court. The decision came on the PIL petition by three law students seeking a lifting of the ban on the documentary, shot inside Tihar Jail, on the ground that it was “a look at the mindset of one of the convicted rapists“.
The bench disposed of the petitions while leaving it open to the trial court to proceed with the matter.
