The central government used the “plea of national security to deny the rights of citizens” and impinged upon MediaOne’s right to a fair hearing.
This is just part of the Supreme Court’s acerbic comments today while quashing the government’s ban on the Malayalam news channel. Today’s hearing was one year in the making, after the government refused to renew the channel’s licence in January last year. The channel is owned by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited.
