Expensive mistake
When a former apex court judge takes on a TV channel the latter ends up paying dearly for its offence. First the High Court ordered the Times Now channel to deposit Rs 20 crore in cash and a bank guarantee of Rs 80 crore before it would hear its appeal. The channel had appealed against a district court verdict ordering it to pay Rs 100 crore in damages to Justice P B Sawant for mistakenly carrying his photograph instead of that of a judge implicated in a scam. On November 14 the Supreme Court declined to interfere with the High Court order. So the money will have to be coughed up before the High Court hears the appeal.