I think I deserve a round of applause. Actually, a big round of applause! Last evening, the advertising and media website of a pink daily, ran an anchor story saying, “ASCI bans surrogate advertising of 12 liquor companies”. It was music to my years. I have, over the past three years, waged a lonely battle against surrogate ads, and tried really hard to get the advertising industry watchdog, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) to rein in these liquor brands masquerading under different surrogates, mostly notional, and only created to cleverly (and deviously) circumvent the law. Despite all my persuasive writings, and much protestations on surrogate advertising, ASCI either turned a deaf ear or tried to evade/obfuscate the issue.
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Sushant Singh Rajput Case: High Court Asks Media To Exercise Restraint, Says Trail Hinders Administration Of Justice
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The Bombay High Court on Monday asked media houses to exercise restraint when reporting on suicide cases, saying media trial leads to interference and obstruction to administration of justice and amounts to contempt of court.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said the press must avoid discussions and debates relating to criminal investigations, and it should confine only to informative reportage that is in public interest. The bench also held that prima facie some reportage by Republic TV and Times Now in the aftermath of the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput were contemptuous .