YouTube channel moves HC over trial court’s gag order on Dharmasthala coverage

A YouTube channel on Friday moved the Karnataka High Court, challenging a trial court’s ex parte interim order restraining media platforms from publishing any “defamatory content” against the family members running the Sri Manjunathaswamy temple in Dharmasthala, a temple town in the Dakshina Kannada district.

Justice M Nagaprasanna asked the petitioner to take the matter before the jurisdictional court. The YouTube channel challenged the trial court’s order passed last week, insisting that it violated its rights.

The advocate appearing for the channel…