New Delhi, July 24 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear a petition chall-enging a sweeping gag order that restrained media houses from reporting on matters related to the brother of Dharam-adhikari D Veerendra Heggade of Dharamsthala in Karnataka.
The gag order pertained to reports on alleged murder of women in Dharmasthala in the state's Dakshina Kannada district.
The plea, filed against an ex parte interim order of a local court, questioned the legality of the directive which directed as many as 390 media houses to remove nearly 9,000 links and stories related to the Dharamsthala burial case.
A bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi asked the petitioner as to why the high...