Datar: Sufficient guidelines in place. Mr. Kamat not right in saying that this regulation is "outsourcing" to NBSA.
I also want to add that the Supreme Court itself has stated that self-regulation should be the norm.
"Guidelines of Reportage state that report on crime should not pre-judge or pre-decide the matter.
Dead must be treated with respect and close ups of dead and mutilated body must not be shown," Datar continues.
Datar is taking the bench through The NBSA Rules.
"We also issue advisories, apart from penalising channels that do not follow the guidelines for Reportage."
The self-regulation of channels should not be disturbed as it stands today, states Datar.
Maximum Fine was imposed on Aaj Tak for its coverage on the Sushant Singh Rajput Case, he adds.
Datar says that the order states the NBSA had pulled up Aaj Tak Zee News & News 24 for their coverage of the Sushant Singh Rajput Case.
Datar takes the bench through that NBSA order.
"Not only privacy, even dignity of dead body important," Datar reads the order.
Senior Advocate Arvind Datar tells the Bench that on the last date, the orders passed by News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) were being looked at by the court wherein a fine of Rs. 1 lac was imposed & videos were asked to be removed within 7 days.
The Bombay HC Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni is hearing the petitions.