SC is hearing Jamait ulama-i-hind& #39;s plea seeking strict action against the media for communalisation of the #TablighiJamaat meeting in Delhi& #39;s Nizamuddin.
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CJI: "We will not gag the press. Will hear the matter next week"

Lawyer for Jamiat - Look at what is happening. People are being attacked because of the media report(s)!
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CJI expresses intention to make solid long term measures in this regard.
"Once we take cognisance people will understand. However, we will not pass any Interim orders."
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Petitioner tells court that in Karnataka there have been incidents of violence and names of people have been made public.

CJI: If it& #39;s a question of killing, defamation them your remedy is somewhere else.

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Petitioner: "They& #39;re publishing names and addresses of the corona patients. That& #39;s against the law."

CJI: We will hear the matter later.

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