Bengaluru court restrains 42 defendants over Siddaramaiah ‘honey trap’ videos, but does its order meet SC test?

A Bengaluru civil court has restrained 42 defendants, among them Freedom TV Kannada, a YouTube channel called Karnataka Honey Trap, Kannada and English news outlets, and the companies behind WhatsApp, YouTube, and Facebook, from carrying two videos that link former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to an alleged honey trap . The court passed the ex parte order on October 13, 2026. An order of this kind restricts what these organisations may publish before they get a chance to present their c