Judgment

VENKATARAMIAH, J.:- This appeal by special leave is filed against an interim order of injunction issued by the High Court of Bombay, Aurangabad Bench on 13th April, 1988 directing the three respondents; (1) Union of India, (2) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Parliament House New Delhi, and (3) State of Maharashtra, not to telecast and show episodes 12 and 13 of a serial entitled Honi Anhoni pending disposal of Writ Petition No. 479 of 1988 filed by respondent No. 1, Lokvidayan Sanghatana, a registered social organisation of Pune having its branch at Aurangabad and respondent No.2 Mahila Sangharsha Samiti Aurangabad represented by one of its members Smt. Anagna Patil. The writ petition was in the nature of a public interest litigation. The prayer in the writ petition was that the respondents should be directed not to telecast the serial as such telecasting was not in the public interest.

2. The serial Honi Anhoni was being telecast by the Doordarshan, which was run by the Union of India, on every Thursday between 9 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. The 12th episode of the said serial was to be telecast on 14th April, 1988 and the 13th episode was to be telecast on 21st April, 1988