As the Court passed the order, advocate Raghav Awasthi, appearing for Taneja, sought a direction against legal websites, Bar and Bench and Live Law to not post anything related to the proceedings.
“All the legal websites are tweeting it. I can see two of the journalists logged into proceedings as well. If all the legal websites are reporting and their comments are open then why only me… This is a violation of my freedom of speech. Let me allow to post without naming and tagging her. If I am not allowed then there should be a similar order against legal websites also,” Awasthi said.
The Court, however, refused the relief.
“They are not parties here and I cannot pass a gag order against the media… Tell me how will you ensure there is no abusive post? Will you take responsibility if there is any abusive post? You take a guarantee that there will be no abusive post and I will not pass any order against you,” the judge said.
Source: Barandbench
