Former law minister and anti-Emergency crusader Shanti Bhushan on Tuesday pleaded with a Supreme Court's five-judge constitution bench not to go ahead with the Framing of reporting guidelines and said fetters on press freedom would impede democracy. Bhushan cited the infamous ADM Jabalpur case judgement rendered by a constitution bench of the Supreme Court, which had by 4:1 majority upheld suspension of right to life during the Emergency, and said it...
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Press Council for court guidelines, The Hindu opposes idea by J Venkatesan
Don't embark on a futile exercise, Shanti Bhushan tells Supreme Court Constitution Bench The Press Council of India (PCI) on Tuesday suggested that the Supreme Court frame guidelines for the media as these would be in the interest of not only administration of justice and rights of the litigant public but also the media themselves. “The media, both print and electronic, have been playing an important role in shaping and sustaining Indian...
More »NCERT likely to review cartoon on Ambedkar by Chetan Chauhan
The HRD ministry is set to ask the NCERT to review a cartoon in a class XI textbook on political science which appears to show Baba Sahib Bhimrao Ambedkar in a bad light and is a reason for anger among dalits. The NCERT had used Shankar's cartoon of Children's Book Trust to indicate that Framing of the constitution was a slow process. The cartoon showed Ambedkar sitting on a snail called...
More »Delhi police goofs up on Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy
-The Economic Times An embarrassing goof-up by the Delhi Police saw a Delhi court to discharge top CPI(Maoist) leader Kobad Ghandy on Tuesday of charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), even as it framed charges against him under IPC provisions relating to cheating, forgery and impersonation. The failure of the Delhi Police to get mandatory clearance from a UAPA review committee constituted by the relevant sanctioning authority - the Delhi...
More »Katju: Hazare's Lokpal is an unworkable proposal-Atiq Khan
Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju on Tuesday hit out against Anna Hazare and questioned the methods adopted by the anti-corruption crusader for finding a solution to the problems facing the country. “Anna Hazare lacks scientific thinking towards the problems before the country; solution to these cannot be found by merely shouting Inquilab Zindabad andBharat Mata ki Jai ,” Justice Katju said. Dubbing the proposed Lokpal an “unworkable proposal”, he...
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