The Legal Point with Rashi: TRP Scam, a project by Maharashtra Government to finish Republic TV, This Week's Update
This has been written by Rashi Verma, Executive Editor (Legal)
The Mumbai police’s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), probing the case, reportedly named Arnab Goswami in the second chargesheet produced before a magistrate’s court on Tuesday.
After being slammed by the Bombay HC for not being able to produce any evidence against Republic TV and for not naming Arnab Goswami as an accused in the fake TRP (Television Rating Points) scam case, the Mumbai Police on Tuesday, named Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami as an accused in the TRP manipulation case.
Interestingly, the Bombay High Court had criticised the Mumbai police in March for failing to submit evidence against Republic even after filing charge sheets. The court noted that there seemed to be no evidence against Republic TV.
“And this FIR is of October 2020. We are in March 2021. We have seen in matters “khichdi pak rahi hai”. Why keep the sword hanging on their head? You are investigating for the last 3 months and you have no evidence against them. Their contention is that they are always in the fear that some action may be taken against them and it seems so from the past action against their employees,” the Court observed.
Questioning the delay in the investigation, the Bombay High Court also demanded why the petitioners, including Editor-in-Chief of the channel Arnab Goswami or any of the Republic TV journalists, have not yet been named as accused in the matter.
The Bombay HC he observations had come after Republic TV submitted before the court that Mumbai Police have deliberately not named Goswami and others as accused yet, so that they won’t be able to move courts for want of locus to quash the case.
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