{"id":55457,"date":"2019-02-19T17:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55457"},"modified":"2019-02-19T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T11:43:12","slug":"delhi-high-court-junks-plea-asking-media-to-use-word-martyr-for-reporting-casualties-in-terror-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-high-court-junks-plea-asking-media-to-use-word-martyr-for-reporting-casualties-in-terror-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court junks plea asking media to use word martyr for reporting casualties in terror attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/February-14-terror-attack-in-Pulwama-district-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"157\" data-attachment-id=\"55470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-high-court-junks-plea-asking-media-to-use-word-martyr-for-reporting-casualties-in-terror-attacks\/february-14-terror-attack-in-pulwama-district-of-jammu-and-kashmir\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/February-14-terror-attack-in-Pulwama-district-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.jpg?fit=280%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"280,157\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"February 14 terror attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/February-14-terror-attack-in-Pulwama-district-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.jpg?fit=280%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/February-14-terror-attack-in-Pulwama-district-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.jpg?fit=280%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/February-14-terror-attack-in-Pulwama-district-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.jpg?resize=280%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/February-14-terror-attack-in-Pulwama-district-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.jpg?w=280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/February-14-terror-attack-in-Pulwama-district-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking directions to the media to use the words martyr or \u2018shaheed\u2019 instead of \u2018killed\u2019 when reporting deaths of security personnel in terror or other attacks.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao declined to hear the petition by a lawyer, who had contended that use of words like \u2018killed\u2019 or \u2018died\u2019 was not respectful.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, Chaudhary said the deaths should have been described by the media using \u201crespectful words\u201d like martyred or \u2018shaheed\u2019 and not killed or died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking directions to the media to use the words martyr or \u2018shaheed\u2019 instead of \u2018killed\u2019 when reporting deaths of security personnel in terror or other attacks. 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