Chennai: Madras High Court has set a three-month deadline for the state government to form the ‘Press Council of Tamil Nadu’, by saying it is necessary to get rid of false journalists, mushroom associations / unions mushroom and to regulate the distribution of card identities, trajectories and aligned other countries.
The Board, which must be led by the former Supreme Court Judge or the High Court, will consist of experienced journalists and retired civil servants, the NIRUBUBAKANCA (since retirees) and justice.
“The Board will have a single authority to recognize press clubs and associations or unions in the state and will not allow or recognize the formation or continuation of the club or trade unions or associations based on the limits of caste, the community or the state says.
This is a separate, the court clarifies that only The council must do and approve the election of the club, journalist trade unions.
As a temporary action, they say that the Board is formed all journalist associations in the state will be stored in suspended animation.
Election can be made for organizations under the supervision of the Board, in time Six months afterwards, he said.
To limit the threat of false journalists, the court said the board must have the power to identify false journalists and filed complaints against them to jurisdictional police.
The country is directed not to issue a press sticker, identity card and other benefits for journalists, to Believe If Media Organizations or Houses reveal the number of employees, paid salaries, TDS details, taxes paid to the government and evidence that it sells a large number of copies or having certain viewers, the word bench.
The court also prohibits the country from issuing identity cards and media stickers to organizations that have a circulation of less than 10,000 copulats.
They issued these instructions while hearing the request of interest in public interest by SO.
The court questioned his claim as a journalist, after he, accidentally, completed a copy of the suspended police identity card.
Holding that pills may have been submitted on the orders of the suspended officers in connection with the case of smuggling idol, the bench expressed concern for the lack of accountability of journalists and the absence of an effective supervisor.
The form of the Press Council of TN in 3 months: Madras HC
