When the trial before the sessions court began, there was a huge media furore and Dileep, the eighth accused in the case, had moved the Additional Special Sessions Judge (SPE/CBI )-III, Ernakulam for issuing a direction to prohibit media publication of court proceedings.
The trial judge had allowed Dileep’s plea and directed that nobody should print or publish the proceedings in connection with the case except the matters permitted as per the directions of the Supreme Court in Nipun Saxena & Anr. v Union of India & Ors.
However, according to Dileep, even after the trial judge’s gag order, the media resorted to publication of matters in violation of Section 327(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
This prompted him to approach the High Court through advocates Philip T Varghese, Thomas T Varghese, Achu Shubha Abraham, Litha VT, Monisha KR and Nitya R.
Source: Barandbench
