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A writ petition had been filed with the HC by the president of Udupi Ashta Matha Hitharakshana Samiti, H V Gautham, and religious scholar, B Ramachandra Upadhyaya, seeking directions to prevent the electronic and print media from covering baseless news about the deceased Seer. The petition was presided over by a single judge bench by Justice Aravind Kumar on Monday July 30th.
Senior advocate, B V Acharya, argued on behalf of the petitioners and said that the media was publishing reports containing arbitrary stories and were announcing who is guilty based on their own investigations.
The behavior of the media looks as if implementation of punishment alone is pending. Therefore, through an interim order, publication of reports relating to the Swamiji should be stayed, they appealed.
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