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NBA files plea in Kerala HC to challenge Cable TV Act | India News

NEW DELHI: The News Broadcasters Association on Friday filed a writ petition in the Kerala HC, challenging the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994 and Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021 on the grounds that the law and rules are violative of the fundamental rights of equality and freedom of speech. In a statement, NBA said the main challenge moved by the association was Rules18 to 20 of the Amendment Rules, 2021 which create an “oversight mechanism” that give the executive “unfettered, unbridled and excessive powers to regulate the content of TV channels of news broadcasters”. “The complaint redressal structure created and the powers delegated have a ‘chilling effect’ on the content of the media,” it said. The NBA also challenged parts of the Programme Code and Advertising Code of the Cable TV Rules, saying they are “beyond the provisions of Article 19(2) of the Constitution”.

I&B ministry registers BCCC as Level II self-regulatory body under amended Cable TV rules

The Cable TV Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021 were notified on 17 June 09 Jul, 2021 - 09:17 AM IST     |     By indiantelevision.com Team     New Delhi: The ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) has registered the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) as a self-regulatory body for redressal of grievances against the non-news television channels under the Cable TV Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021 notified recently. Founded in June 2011 by the Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF), BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body for non-news general entertainment channels that examines content-related grievances against over 300 non-news channels in the country. The BCCC shall perform all functions specified for a self-regulatory body in Rule 18 of the Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021, the ministry said. While Justice (retd) AP Shah was the BCCC’s founding chairperson, Justice (retd) Gita Mittal is the present chairperson of the Council

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