The I&B ministry has put on hold its order imposing a one-day punitive ban on NDTV India for revealing “strategically-sensitive” details while covering the Pathankot terrorist attack.
The decision comes after NDTV chairman Prannoy Roy met Minister for Information & Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu on Monday evening, according to a ministry statement.
“Prannoy Roy and his team from NDTV met Minister for Information & Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu this evening and said that their point of view was not appreciated in the right perspective and requested him to review the order and also put execution of the order on hold till such time the decision is reviewed and a final decision is taken,” the statement said.
Earlier in the day, NDTV India had challenged in Supreme Court the move to ban the Hindi news channel. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear NDTV's appeal on Tuesday.
The order asking the channel to be taken off air for a day on November 9 was issued last Thursday by an inter-ministerial committee of the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry.
The Editors Guild of India had issued a strong statement condemning the government’s decision to black out NDTV India saying the move brings back memories of the emergency.
Opposition politicians ranging from Rahul Gandhi to Nitish Kumar to Mamata Banerjee had slammed the government move for muzzling freedom of press.
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