Overview
- Justice Amit Bansal refused an ex-parte ad interim injunction sought by Y. V. Subba Reddy and his wife over media reports on alleged ghee procurement wrongdoing.
- Summons were issued to the defendants, and the case is listed for hearing on January 29.
- The court cautioned that any publications made after the order are deemed on notice and could carry legal consequences.
- The suit names organisations, publishers and writers, including Ushodaya Enterprises, over coverage of the Tirupati laddu adulteration allegations.
- Allegations about impure ghee in the temple’s prasadam are under a separate Supreme Court-ordered SIT probe.