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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre, the Press Council of India, Times of India, Hindustan Times, the Press Trust of India and the United News of India on a petition questioning the publication of "titillating material" (in the two newspapers) in the name of right to freedom of speech and expression enjoyed by the Press. A three-Judge Bench comprising the Chief...

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 18: The issue of some newspapers using ‘‘titillating material’’ to woo readers today reached the Supreme Court, which issued notices to the Press Council of India, news agencies PTI and UNI, and dailies Hindustan Times and The Times of India. The PIL, filed by Ajay Goswami, sought classification of dailies on the basis of their content on the lines of what was being followed by...

New Delhi: A public interest litigation in the Supreme Court on Thursday raised a newsworthy, and pertinent, question: Should daily newspapers with sexually explicit material be given an ‘A’ rating for carrying content that in a film would see the Censor Board restrict it to adult viewing only? The apex court evidently concurred that it was a question that needed an expeditious answer. A three...

New Delhi, August 18: Should newspapers be classified on the basis of sexually explicit material contained in them similar to censor board categorising films for viewers? A PIL raising this question was on Thursday taken up for hearing by the Supreme Court and a Bench comprising Chief Justice RC Lahoti, Justice GP Mathur and Justice PK Balasubramanyan issued notices to the Centre, Press Council of...

NEW DELHI, August 19: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has ruled that English daily The Pioneer had perpetrated a breach of privilege by publishing a "grossly libellous" article but rejected the privilege motion saying it would be beneath the dignity of the House to take further note of motivated imputations. "I believe that the disapproval by large sections of this Honorable House, of the...

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday did not accept the privilege motion against The Pioneer but strongly criticised the article in question and ruled that "gross breach of privilege had been committed". He warned that in future reckless and contumacious (obstinately disobedient or rebellious) conduct indulged in by who-so-ever may be will be dealt with in the appropriate manner...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Thursday rejected a motion of privilege against the writer and editor of a newspaper that had published an article criticising him, but expressed his strong condemnation and pointed to "reasonable restrictions" in freedom of the press. "In view of the condemnation on the floor of the house and as it will be beneath the dignity of this great...

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 18: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today ruled that the article against him in the Pioneer newspaper constituted ‘‘ a gross breach of privilege of the Speaker and also of the House’’ but decided against accepting a privilege motion against the publication because it was ‘‘beneath the dignity’’ of the House. In a lengthy ruling on the privilege notices given by Ramji Lal...

New Delhi, August 18: Speaker of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament, Somnath Chatterjee, on Thursday rejected moving a privilege notice against the "Pioneer" newspaper for publishing a news item levelling charges against him. Chatterjee said that handing out a privilege notice would be beneath the dignity of Parliament, and added that taking further note of the "motivated imputations in the...

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday rejected a privilege motion against the writer and editor of a newspaper that had published an article criticising him, but chose to express his strong condemnation and stressed the need for ‘reasonable restrictions' on of the freedom of the press. "In view of the condemnation on the floor of the House and as it will be beneath the...