supreme court judgement on media reporting
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Sahara India Real Estate Corp. Ltd. & Ors. …Appellants
Vs.
Securities & Exchange Board of India & anr. …Respondents
with
I.A. Nos. 14 and 17 in C.A. No. 733 of 2012
J U D G M E N T
S. H. KAPADIA, CJI
Introduction
1. Finding an acceptable constitutional balance between free
press and administration of justice is a difficult task in every
legal system. 2
Factual background
2. Civil Appeal Nos. 9813 and 9833 of 2011 were filed
challenging the order dated 18.10.2011 of the Securities
Appellate Tribunal whereby the appellants (hereinafter for short
“Sahara”) were directed to refund amounts invested with the
appellants in certain Optionally Fully Convertible Bonds
(OFCD) with interest by a stated date.
