The Supreme Court has paused a Karnataka High Court order stopping the broadcast of a local TV channel on the grounds of lack of proper license. The high court had ordered the blackout on a petition by the Information and Broadcast ministry. The channel had provided elaborate coverage telecast of the alleged sex scandal involving suspended JDS leader Prajwal Revanna and his brother Suraj Revanna. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud termed the action "sheer political vendetta".