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NEW
DELHI: A crime show based on the teachers' recruitment scam
involving former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala
and 54 others will not be telecast pending direction of the
Delhi High Court.
The
show was to have been telecast on Sony TV's Crime Patrol tonight.
Justice
M L. Mehta's interim direction came on a plea of Chautala,
his then officer on special duty Vidya Dhar and political
advisor Sher Singh Badshami.
Advocate
Rajiv Nayyar, appearing for Chautala, asked the court to direct
the channel to postpone the telecast till the pending petition
seeking suspension of their sentence is decided by another
bench, as the programme could adversely impact the appeal
against the trial court verdict.
He
said that Chautala has also sought suspension of his 10 year
imprisonment and till it is decided, the programme's telecast
should be deferred.
The
trial court last month sentenced Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala
and eight others to 10 years in jail while one convict was
sentenced to five years and 45 others were handed out four-year
jail terms after convicting them of illegally recruiting 3,206
junior basic trained teachers in Haryana in 2000.
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