The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the Centre's decision to stop entertainment channel Comedy Central's transmission for 10 days for airing "obscene" dialogues and "vulgar" words besides being derogatory to women.
Granting a stay on its May 24 order, upholding the government's decision banning transmission of the channel from May 25 to June 4, a Bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath said, "The order directing prohibition of the transmission and re-transmission of the channel is stayed till further orders."
The court also sought Centre's reply by August 2 on the plea filed by Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd against the May 24 order. The Division Bench passed the order after recording the statement of company's vice-president that the programme 'Stand Up Club' and 'Popcorn' have been suspended.