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In fact, the Kerala High Court had refused to interfere with the decision of the Central Government in which the Center did not renew the channel. Then the channel approached the Supreme Court against the decision of the Kerala High Court. On March 15, the Supreme Court had stayed the ban imposed by the central government on Malayalam news channels. The Supreme Court in its interim order had stayed the ban imposed on the channel by the central government. The news channel had earlier filed an appeal in the Kerala High Court against the ban imposed on the channel. The Kerala High Court had upheld the government’s decision. After which an appeal has been filed on behalf of the news channel in the Supreme Court.
The documents were presented on behalf of the Home Ministry before a bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court. After going through the documents, the court passed the said order. The Home Ministry had banned the channel by not renewing it due to security reasons. The Supreme Court, after seeing the document, said that prima facie a case of relief is made to the channel and said that it will continue to operate the way the channel used to run before the decision of the Central Government. The Supreme Court had asked the central government to submit a counter affidavit. The Supreme Court had asked the central government to file a reply on March 10 on the petition in which Malayalam news channel has challenged the order of the Kerala High Court. The Center has filed an affidavit in this matter.