‘This Is So Insidious. Can Such Programs Be Tolerated In Free Society?’ SC Puts Stay On Sudarshan TV’s Controversial Series

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the telecast of a controversial series by satellite TV channel Sudarshan News, titled ‘UPSC Jihad’ touted as an 'expose' on the ‘infiltration of Muslims in government service’.
Taking a strong view, the Supreme Court noted that "at this stage, prima facie, it appears to the court that the object, intent and purpose of the program is to vilify the Muslim community with an insidious attempt to portray them as part of a conspiracy to infiltrate the civil services".
During the hearing, the three-judge bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud took a strong exception with Justice Chandrachud observing that claims made by the channel of ‘infiltration of the civil services’ by Muslims was ‘insidious’ and also cast an aspersion on the credibility of the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) or India’s civil services exams. The court described this as ‘a great disservice to the nation’.
During the hearing, the three-judge bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud took a strong exception with Justice Chandrachud observing that claims made by the channel of ‘infiltration of the civil services’ by Muslims was ‘insidious’ and also cast an aspersion on the credibility of the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) or India’s civil services exams. The court described this as ‘a great disservice to the nation’.
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