The apex court also noted the maximum penalty which can be imposed on a TV news channel for violation of the self-regulatory mechanism is just Rs 1 lakh, which was fixed way back in 2008.
While hearing the pleas earlier, a different bench of the Court had stated that news channels often give space for hate speech and then escape without any sanctions.
allies on capitol hill how to defend him. is he strategizing with the rnc as well? he hasn t called me about the indictment. i wasn t aware of it until i saw it in the news. the looming indictment. i will say i have heard from a lot of voters and people in our party who are deeply concerned of a two tier system of justice but also we are in a campaign. we have a debate in less than a month. and the frontrunner right now for our party s nomination is potentially being indicted and i think this bodes or looks like hey, we are in the middle of a campaign season. why is the biden administration putting their thumb on the scale when we are in the middle of a political process. steve: you mentioned the debate coming up a month from now. going to be on fox. my favorite tv news channels. i would hope so, steve. i would hope it s your favorite. steve: absolutely. i think the headline from aside from the fact that it s about a month from now on auguse
Speaking at the Business Standard Seema Nazareth awards event on Saturday, Justice Nagarathna said that a free press must play a “constructive role” and “attacking the government and constantly playing devil’s advocate for the mere sake of it, must not become its singular objective”.
Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar also directed the Centre to ensure that no news channel displays such material till disposal of the petition filed by Delhi Police.