HC- Need for statutory forum for Electronic Media

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social activist Dr Nutan ThakurINVC,

Lucknow,
In an important order, the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench has
said that the Union of India requires to provide statutory forum for
Electronic-media where the people may approach and ventilate their
grievance.

In the petition filed by social activist Dr Nutan Thakur, the Bench of
Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice Ashok Pal Singh said that for
any misconduct committed by the Printing-media statutory forum is
available in the form of Press Council of India but with regard to the
Electronic-media no such statutory forum is available which seems to
be not proper in a country which is run by Rule of Law and governed by
the democratic polity and hence the Union needs to provide statutory
forum for Electronic-media.

The order said that an Electronic media immediately effects the
peoples’ mind and now it is well established that some time paid news
items are published by the media which is an instance of abuse of
power. Hence, prima facie electronic media should also be regulated
and supervised by statutory autonomous forum like Press Council and
the Union of India should have provided some statutory forum to
redress the grievance of the news items or other items of the
Electronic-media.

Thus the Court directed the Union of India to file an affidavit
bringing on record its’ stand to provide some statutory forum like
Press Council of India for Electronic-media.

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