{"id":36027,"date":"2014-11-29T17:38:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T12:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36027"},"modified":"2014-11-29T17:38:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T12:08:40","slug":"supreme-court-allows-comedy-central-go-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-allows-comedy-central-go-air","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court allows Comedy Central to go on air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Comedy Central to go on air and stayed Delhi High Court&#8217;s order upholding the Centre&#8217;s decision to stop transmission of the entertainment channel for 10 days for allegedly broadcasting &#8220;obscene&#8221; and &#8220;vulgar&#8221; dialogues.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id940\">&#8220;As an interim measure, it is directed that the direction issued by the high court by its order dated November 24, banning the channel in toto with effect from November 26, shall remain stayed. 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