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A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra said that unless rules are made stringent, there is no compulsion on tv channels to comply with the same.
The apex court also noted the maximum penalty which can be imposed on a TV news channel for violation of the self-regulatory mechanism is just Rs 1 lakh, which was fixed way back in 2008.
Self-regulatory body for media channels must be effective, the Court said during the hearing.
The Supreme Court on Monday said to discourage the news channels from resorting to sensational and errant reporting of the incidents
It noted that the self-regulatory mechanism can be strengthened after taking note of all existing material, including the inputs of former apex court judges.