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Read more about SC seeks Centre's reply on PIL seeking setting up of media tribunal on Business Standard. The plea said media, particularly the electronic, has become like an unruly horse which needs to be tamed
Plea for tribunal on complaints against media: SC seeks Centre's reply By IANS | Published on Mon, Jan 25 2021 13:03 IST | 0 Views Supreme Court. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Jan 25 : The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre, Press Council of India and other respondents on a PIL seeking establishment of an independent media tribunal for complaints regarding the media houses filed by viewers. The PIL has argued that self-regulation cannot solve the present situation and, therefore, an independent tribunal is needed. After a brief hearing in...
Top Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea For Media Regulation, Tribunal Top Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea For Media Regulation, Tribunal Unregulated media promotes hate speech and fake news, the public interest litigation has said. The plea highlighted "the lack of accountability" on part of electronic media channels. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central government over a public interest litigation that seeks to regulate Indian media with a body that handles complaints against platforms spewing communally incendiary news, hate speech, and fake informat...
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central government and others on Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for setting up an independent, regulatory tribunal or judicial-body, that can hear and expeditiously adjudicate upon a complaint against the electronic media filed by the viewers for hate speech, fake news, paid news, communal propaganda.
A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian took note of the plea which also sought setting up of an independent committee headed by either by a former Chief Justice of India or an apex court judge to review the entire legal framework related to media business regulations and suggest guidelines.