
The Delhi High Court sought a report from the Central government after it was informed that the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has decided to taken action against certain media channels on a complaint filed by actress Rakul Preet. (Rakul Preet vs UOI) The NBSA headed by Justice AK Sikri (Retd) on December 9th concluded that Zee News, Zee 24 Taas & Zee Hindustan broadcasted offensive content and directed them to issue an apology. Other channels like ABP News, Times Now and Aaj Tak were also asked to take down offensive material. Earlier this year, Rakul Preet had moved the High Court to restrain media from publishing and broadcasting any news on her in relation to the drug case till the NCB completed the investigation.