SC to clarify its directives to media soon: Minister

The Supreme Court will clarify its instructions restraining the media from reporting sub-judice cases, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said, reports bdnews24.com.

"Hopefully, the Supreme Court Secretariat will soon come up with explanations," he told reporters after emerging from a meeting with Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Monday.

The Supreme Court Secretariat circular, signed by the High Court Division's Registrar Md Golam Rabbani, on May 16 said: "It has been noticed recently that some electronic and print media are broadcasting or publishing news reports or running scrolls relating to ongoing cases, which is totally undesirable."

"Under the circumstances, it is being requested by way of this order, that all concerned refrain from publishing news or running scrolls about ongoing cases," said the circular.

The instructions given by the Supreme Court Secretariat created confusion, said the law minister. "I spoke to the chief justice. The confusion will end soon."