NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to entertain a petition moved by a law student (?) upset over what he saw as a “media trial” that disgraced wrestler Sushil Kumar, who has been arrested in a murder case by the Delhi police, was being subjected to.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said the issue can be argued if Kumar himself approaches the court.
“We see no reason to entertain litigation on behalf of a vigilant person. Liberty is reserved with the person who is actually aggrieved to approach the appropriate authority by the way of appropriate proceedings in accordance with law,” said the court.
The petitioner, one Srikant Prasad, alleged the media was misusing Article 19 by “creating false and frivolous and sensational” headlines. “In every high profile case where the accused is highly reputed and has name and fame, the media decide them criminal before the court (hold so),” the “student” argued before the court.
