The Supreme Court on Thursday sought an unconditional apology from a private TV channel and its reporter for carrying out a sting operation allegedly showing corruption in the lower judiciary.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said it was not satisfied with the affidavit filed by them and posted the matter for further hearing after four weeks.
Zee TV had carried a sting operation 'Cash for warrant scam' in 2004. It purportedly showed three advocates of Ahmedabad allegedly taking Rs 40,000 for securing bailable warrants against the then president A P J Abdul Kalam, the then chief justice of India V N Khare, the then apex court judge Justice B P Singh and senior counsel late R K Jain.