A PIL was filed by an advocate in light of the sex-tapes scandal implicating Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi. It was claimed that publishing such videos, etc., violated unreasonably the privacy of the Minister. It also claimed that Rule 6 of the CTN Rules was violated by the publication of such obscene content. On March 6, the City Civil Court had also granted an order against publishing defamatory content by 68 media companies against 6 ministers of the Ruling Government. The HC has ordered via an and-interim order news channels to adhrered to the Programme Code under S.5 of the CTN Act and Rule 6 of the CTN Rules.
