<p>The ban on media reporting on the proceedings of a local court in the Delhi gangrape case reached the High Court today, with some journalists seeking permission for publishing the trial.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Delhi High Court in turn sought the response of the city government and the police on a plea seeking permission for media to report proceedings during the pre-trial and trial phases of the case relating to the gangrape of a 23-year-old girl, who later succumbed to injuries in a Singapore hospital.<br /><br />Justice Rajiv Shakdher fixed the matter for February 13 to examine how to balance the rights of the media and conducting trial in the rape cases.<br /><br />The petition was filed in the wake of the January 7 order of a magisterial court directing in camera hearing of the case and restraining the media from reporting it. The magistrate's order was later upheld by the district court on January 9.<br /><br />The plea by the journalists was mentioned by advocate Meenakshi Lekhi before the bench headed by Chief Justice D Murugesan yesterday who had directed that it be filed before a single judge bench of the high court.<br /><br />Lekhi had moved a petition on behalf of some journalists assailing the gag order.<br />"The whole nation wants to know about the proceedings in the case and the media, which undertakes to act responsibly, should not be gagged," she had said.</p>
<p>The ban on media reporting on the proceedings of a local court in the Delhi gangrape case reached the High Court today, with some journalists seeking permission for publishing the trial.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Delhi High Court in turn sought the response of the city government and the police on a plea seeking permission for media to report proceedings during the pre-trial and trial phases of the case relating to the gangrape of a 23-year-old girl, who later succumbed to injuries in a Singapore hospital.<br /><br />Justice Rajiv Shakdher fixed the matter for February 13 to examine how to balance the rights of the media and conducting trial in the rape cases.<br /><br />The petition was filed in the wake of the January 7 order of a magisterial court directing in camera hearing of the case and restraining the media from reporting it. The magistrate's order was later upheld by the district court on January 9.<br /><br />The plea by the journalists was mentioned by advocate Meenakshi Lekhi before the bench headed by Chief Justice D Murugesan yesterday who had directed that it be filed before a single judge bench of the high court.<br /><br />Lekhi had moved a petition on behalf of some journalists assailing the gag order.<br />"The whole nation wants to know about the proceedings in the case and the media, which undertakes to act responsibly, should not be gagged," she had said.</p>