India, April 2 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked news channel Republic TV and its editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami, to avoid "hitting below the belt" while covering the Enforcement Directorate's (ED's) investigations into companies linked to industrialist Anil Ambani.

A single-judge bench of justice Milind Jadhav orally told Goswami and Republic TV to "bring down the rhetoric" and refrain from "giving superlative taglines to news" that could be seen as attacking an individual.

"Please run stories without using adjectives or disparaging someone. You have been in this field for years. You are aware about all the scams, etc.," the bench said.

The court was hearing a defamation suit filed by Ambani against Republic TV and Goswami f...