Source: Times of India|Mobile
PANCHKULA: A local court in Panchkula, on Saturday, refused to grant stay to Doordarshan news channel against orders of a subordinate court of Panchkula district, which had restrained the news channel from using a tricolour strip at the bottom of the screen.
Additional district and sessions judge Sanjay Sandhir has passed these orders after hearing an appeal preferred by Prasar Bharati. On September 19 after taking cognizance of a petition filed by a 12-year-old Panchkula resident, judicial magistrate Panchkula Saurabh Gosain had stayed the use of tricolour strip at the bottom of the screen by Doordarshan till pendency of the present petition.
Aggrieved from the orders, Prasar Bharati, which runs Doordarshan news channel, had moved the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking stay orders. However, HC dismissed their appeal and asked Prasar Bharati to first approach additional district and sessions court in Panchkula for appeal.
Petitioner Deepanshu Bansal, a Class-VIII student of DAV Public School, Surajpur, had moved the court for restraining the channel from using tricolour strip in a disrespectful manner. According to the petitioner, by using the tricolour strip, the channel is liable to be punished under Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. He also appealed for action against officials of the channel and sought directions to abide by the national flag code.
The boy informed the court that it was while watching television that he saw the tricolour being used in the form of a strip at the bottom of the screen. The next hearing of the case is on November 26.
Link: http://m.timesofindia.com/city/chandigarh/Court-refuses-stay-to-Doordarshan/articleshow/17262656.cms
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