NDTV Moves Supreme Court Over 1 Day Ban On its Hindi Channel

New Delhi: NDTV media company on Monday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the government which imposed one-day ban on its Hindi channel, NDTV India.

"NDTV challenges the one-day ban on Hindi channel in the Supreme Court," NDTV said in a statement issued here.

The ban on NDTV India has been widely condemned by major opposition parties, the Editors Guild and other media groups

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting directed the news channel to go off air from the midnight of November 8 to midnight of November 9 for allegedly breaching cable TV norms in its coverage of the January 2 terror attack on the Pathankot Indian Air Force base.

Refuting the claims, NDTV said, "Other channels and newspapers reported the same information."

The ban on NDTV India has been widely condemned by major opposition parties, the Editors Guild and other media groups.

IANS