Sushant case: Delhi High Court seeks Centres stand on Rakul Preets plea to stop broadcast of programs

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre on actor Rakul Preet Singh’s plea to stop media reports from connecting her with the Rhea Chakraborty drug case. 

Rakul approached the court against media trial as her name
surfaced in the drugs-related probe carried out by the Narcotics Control Bureau
in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death probe. 

She has
requested to stop media reports from connecting her with the Rhea Chakraborty
drug case.

Justice
Navin Chawla issued notice to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
Prasar Bharti and the Press Council of India, seeking their stand on the
actor’s petition.

The court
also asked the authorities to treat her plea as a representation and take a
decision on it before the next date of hearing on October 15.

It also
expressed hope that “media houses would show restraint in their reports
and would abide by the cable TV regulations, program code and various
guidelines, statutory and self regulatory, while making any reports with regard
to the petitioner” (Rakul Preet).

The actor,
represented by advocate Aman Hingorani, has claimed in her plea that Rhea
Chakraborty had already retracted the statement in which she was allegedly
named and yet the media reports were connecting her to the case.