J&K Court Orders FIR Against Zee News, News18 for Falsely Calling Teacher ‘Pakistani Terrorist’

J&K court orders FIR against Zee News, News18 for falsely calling teacher ‘Pakistani terrorist’

The court said that the apology issued by the news channels in the matter did ‘not cure the mischief’ caused by their ‘irresponsible reporting’.

FIR on news outlets for labelling teacher as Pakistani terrorist: J-K court

A local court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, June 28, directed police to file an FIR against national news channels Zee News and News18 India for allegedly defaming a civilian teacher by wrongly identifying him as a “Pakistani terrorist” during their coverage of Operation Sindoor, the military’s recent response to the Pahalgam terror attack. The directive was issued by Sub-Judge and Special Mobile Magistrate Shafeeq Ahmed in…

J&K Court Orders FIR Against Zee News, News18 and Others For Defaming an Islamic Seminary as a ‘Terrorist’

Qari Iqbal was among the 12 casualties in Poonch who came under Pakistan’s heavy artillery firing along the 740-km Line of Control in the aftermath of ‘Operation Sindoor’.

Court Acts on Misinformation: FIR against channels for wrongly branding teacher a terrorist

In a significant order that underscores the limits of press freedom in cases of unverified and inflammatory reportage, a Poonch court on Saturday, June 28, directed the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against national news broadcasters Zee News, News18 India, and other unnamed editorial personnel for falsely branding a deceased Islamic seminary teacher…

J&K court orders FIR against news outlets for falsely portraying Muslim teacher killed in Pak shelling as “LeT terrorist”

Poonch Court in Jammu and Kashmir has ordered the police on Saturday to register a First Information Report (FIR) against prominent news channels, including ZEE News and News 18 India, as well as 18 other unnamed editors and reporters of news channels who falsely labelled a Kashmiri Islamic teacher, who was killed in the recent India-Pakistan military conflict following Pahalgam attack as "Pakistan Terrorist."

Court orders FIR against Zee News, News18 for labelling slain madrasa teacher a terrorist

The police advisory had noted that the dissemination of such misinformation had hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community and undermined the dignity of the individual and his institution, which is regarded as one of the most respected religious seminaries in the region.