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New Delhi: An Indian court has barred the international broadcaster ‘Al Jazeera’ from airing or releasing a documentary on ‘hate crimes committed against Muslims’ in the country.
According to a report published in the Indian media outlet ‘The Wire’, the Allahabad High Court has ordered the Doha-based news network (Al Jazeera) to stop the release or broadcast of the documentary film ‘India.. Who Lit the Fuze’. Ordered.
Media reports said that a petition was filed in the court by a man named Sudhir Kumar, alleging that the documentary “is likely to create hatred between different religious sects and thus the secular fabric of the Indian state.” can destroy”.
According to local media, the High Court postponed the telecast considering possible ‘serious or adverse consequences’.
The court also directed the central government and the constitutional authorities under it to “take appropriate steps in accordance with law to ensure that the film is not allowed to be telecast/broadcast,” The Wire reported. unless its contents are checked by the authorities, the law for this purpose, and the necessary certification/permission is obtained from the competent authority.
Al Jazeera was not represented in court and the film was not available for viewing, the court said. The court directed the petitioner to take steps within 48 hours to serve Al Jazeera through registered/speed post and fixed July 6 for admission/hearing of the writ petition.
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