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Madras High Court: No compulsion, the petitioner is free to switch off the tv when the Sanskrit news is telecasted.

Case : S.Muthukumar v. The Government of India Secretary to Government Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A plea was filed before the Madras High Court to stop telecasting the Sanskrit…

UP Police filed an FIR against “The Wire” for promoting fake news

An FIR against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan has been reported by the UP Police for his tweet regarding a report on The Wire in which the family of…

Notice to social media houses by Delhi High Court for disclosing the victim’s identity in Hathras Case

The Delhi High Court issued a notice to many social media houses for the alleged disclosure of victim’s identity in Hathras gang rape case. The bench consisted of Justice D.N.…

Accused has fundamental rights; Media’s freedom of speech not greater than rights of an individual: Jammu & Kashmir Court

A Jammu & Kashmir court said that freedom of speech and expression accessible to the media is not on a higher pedestal than the rights of individual people, barring nine…

Petition in Supreme Court seeks independent, regulatory media tribunal

A petition seeking the creation of an independent, regulatory Media Tribunal for the expeditious hearing of complaints lodged by viewers against media corporations, has been filed in the Supreme Court.…

Bombay HC moved by police officers’ requests to cancel anticipatory bail Republic TV’s COO

Assistant police officers Sachin Waze and Riyaz Kazi visited CFO Shiva Sundaram’s home along with 2 other employees’ residence, but they were not available. This comes in the wake of…

Petitions against CM Jaganmohan Reddy to be heard by the Supreme Court on 1st December 2020

A number of petitions filed by G.S Mani and few other people against the Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy will be heard before the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice…

Bombay High Court’s view on applying “Prashant Kanojia” case as precedent in Arnab Goswani’s case

In the order of the High Court refusing interim bail to Arnab Goswani, it was made clear that the facts of the Prashant Kanojia’s case and Arnab Goswani’s case are…

Centre sets up a four-member committee to study different aspects of TRP system

Last month Mumbai Police, claimed and unearthed a TRP scam, the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, therefore decided to set up a four-member committee to study the different aspects…

FIR against Arnab Goswani for assaulting women police officer

A fresh Fir has been filed against Arnab Goswani, the Editor-in-chief of Republic TV, for assaulting woman police during the arrest on 4th November 2020. The said FIR was registered…