Press Council of India Thursday decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the Allahabad High Court order prohibiting media reports related to troop movements.

Press Council chairman Justice Markandey Katju chief said this in a statement in New Delhi.

The High Court had directed Secretaries in the Home Affairs and I & B ministries along with Principal Secretary (Home) of the UP Government to ensure that there is no reporting or release of any news item by the print as well as the electronic media related to movement of troops.

Katju said the High Court order, which was passed on a writ petition relating to a report published in the Indian

Express regarding movement of army troops, was not correct.

He said, the media has a fundamental right under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution to make such publication, as it did not endanger national security.