Supreme Court bans Raajje TV from covering trials
The station is accused of contempt of court.
04 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
The Supreme Court has banned Raajje TV from covering any trials or events organised by the judiciary until an inquiry is concluded into alleged contempt of court.
The inquiry was launched after content aired on October 31 was deemed to have violated contempt of court regulations, the Department of Judicial Administration announced Sunday.
Remarks by the hosts of the Fashaairu morning programme were “contemptuous of judges, especially the Supreme Court and Supreme Court justices, and demeaning to the honour and dignity of the whole judiciary.”
The hosts spoke about the injustice of courts in the kingdom of Sodom. The privately-owned station insists they never compared the Maldivian judiciary to the ancient city that faced divine punishment.
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