Supreme Court criticises Centre over ban on Kannada news channel Power TV

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the central government over the ban on Kannada news channel Power TV from broadcasting, questioning the Centre about the frequency of such bans pending the disposal of applications for license renewal.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud asked additional solicitor general Vikramjit Banerjee to produce data on how many channels had applied for license renewal and, among those, how many were instructed to cease broadcasting pending approval.