A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan agreed with Tulsi.
"We direct all news channels ... to immediately stop telecasting the offending
news item," the court ruled.
Bedi, a small-time actress, was extradited from Portugal along with Mumbai
underworld figure Abu Salem in 2005 in a high profile passport forgery case
linked to India's worst bomb attacks.
Salem is accused of involvement in the Mumbai bomb blasts in 1993 which killed
257 people and is currently facing trial over the attacks. Police say the pair
fled the country soon after the blasts.
Bedi was acquitted by a court in the central Indian city of Bhopal because the
police did not produce adequate witnesses against her. The nude pictures are
said to have been taken while she was in jail there.
She was released on bail from jail in the southern city of Hyderabad pending an
appeal after a court sentenced her to five years in prison for a similar
offence.
Her lawyer argued that the freedom of press was not an "absolute" right and it
could not be misused by TV channels to telecast her nude pictures under the
"garb of showing the dismal state of jails".
He also demanded tough action against jail officials.
India does not have separate laws governing privacy, and hidden camera pictures
or videos of some Bollywood actresses bathing, changing or canoodling with
their companions have been circulated online or as mobile phone messages in the
past.
Reuters
