{"id":30849,"date":"2013-11-15T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T11:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30849"},"modified":"2013-11-15T16:35:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T11:05:43","slug":"pil-ministrys-advisory-news-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-ministrys-advisory-news-channels","title":{"rendered":"PIL against ministry&#8217;s advisory to news channels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PIL.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-seeks-probe-congress-bjps-foreign-funding\/pil\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/PIL.jpg?fit=228%2C221&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"228,221\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PIL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/PIL.jpg?fit=150%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/PIL.jpg?fit=228%2C221&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30833\" alt=\"PIL\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PIL.jpg?resize=228%2C221&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"228\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/PIL.jpg?w=228&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/PIL.jpg?resize=150%2C145&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>A PIL has been filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking to quash the information and broadcasting ministry&#8217;s &#8220;advisory&#8221; that threatened TV news channels with cancellation of their licences for comparing the prime minister with leaders of other political parties.<\/p>\n<p>The public interest litigation (PIL) was filed Thursday by social activist Nutan Thakur.<\/p>\n<p>It said that union information and broadcasting ministry issued an advisory Oct 21 threatening penal provisions in section 20 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry found it to be &#8220;indecent&#8221; and &#8220;bad in taste&#8221; that news channels compared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over their Independence Day speeches.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the advisory merely for comparing a political leader with the prime minister &#8220;a dictatorial step&#8221; to curb the independence of media, Thakur told IANS Friday that in public interest the advisory should be immediately quashed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This step by the I&amp;B ministry smacks of intolerance and dictatorship against media objectivity and freedom, and should be quashed,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>(Source:IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PIL has been filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking to quash the information and broadcasting ministry&#8217;s &#8220;advisory&#8221; that threatened TV news channels with cancellation of their licences for comparing the prime minister with leaders of other political parties. The public interest litigation (PIL) was filed Thursday by social activist Nutan Thakur. 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