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Delhi High Court has asked to raise the name of Rakul Preet Singh only when it's official in Rhea Chakraborty drug case.
After Rakul Preet Singh filed a petition, Delhi High Court has asked the Centre, National Broadcasters Association among others to raise the name of the actor only when it's official in Rhea Chakraborty drug case. Delhi HC has asked for restraint on her name, as per Zee News Bureau. As per IANS, Rakul Preet has highlighted media reports against her after Sushant Singh Rajput`s death case accused Rhea Chakraborty named the former in a drug-related case before the NCB.
While passing these directions, the single judge bench said: "There has to be some restraint. Media gets to know info even before the officers themselves. Reputations are getting tarnished."
Justice Navin Chawla issued notice to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Prasar Bharti and the Press Council of India seeking their response over the petition filed by the Bollywood actor through advocates Aman Hingorani, Himanshu Yadav and Shweta Hingorani.
It also asked the central government, Prasar Bharti and the Press Council to treat the said petition as a representation and take decision expeditiously.
The next hearing on the matter will be on October 15.
"It is hoped that media houses and TV channels would show restraint and abide by the Program Code and other guidelines while making any report in connection with Rakul Preet Singh," the bench added in its observation.
The plea filed by the actor claimed that she was shooting for a film in Telangana when she was stunned to see private TV channels, including some members of the News Broadcasters Association running "breaking news" from the evening of 11.9.2020 to the effect that the Petitioner, along with Sara Ali Khan and designer Simone Khambatta, have been named as the individuals who take drugs by Rhea Chakraborty in the ongoing investigation by the Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai into the drug angle in the June 14 death of Sushant.
"The Petitioner categorically states that she does not take drugs at all, and has, to the best of her recollection, has only met Sara Ali Khan twice (once at IIFA Awards and once while working out in a gym) and has not met Simone Khambatta at all," the petition said.
Rakul Preet further stated that despite the fact that Rhea had already retracted her statement on 9.9.2020 as aforesaid, the private TV channels have continued since 11.9.2020 till date to run a slander campaign against her.
The petition has sought the court`s direction in order to ask the media not to telecast, publish or circulate on the TV channels, cable, print or social media, as the case may be, any content in the context of Rhea Chakraborty's narcotic drugs case that maligns or slanders the Petitioner or which contains anything defamatory, deliberate, false and suggestive innuendos and half-truths in respect of the Petitioner, or to use sensational headlines, photographs, video-footage or social media links which invade the privacy of the Petitioner.
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