Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 286 · Decided 6 May 2021
Chief Election Commissioner of India v. M.R Vijayabhaskar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 286 · [2021] 5 S.C.R. 196
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1767/2021
- Decided
- 6 May 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 226, 19(1)(a), 19(2)
Headnote
Constitution of India: Arts. 32, 226, 19(1)(a), 19(2) - Freedom of the media to report court proceedings - High Court made certain oral remarks attributing responsibility to the Election Commission-EC for the present surge of cases of COVID-19, due to their failure to implement COVID-19 related protocol during the elections - Oral remarks were 'EC is singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid-19 and that the EC should be put up for murder charges" - Said remarks though not part of
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