Allegation Of Communalising Corona By Print And Visual Media:Madras HC Dismisses Plea For Framing Guidelines [Read Order]

Akshita Saxena

3 May 2020 1:48 PM IST

"This Court also takes judicial notice to the fact that though all the entities are covered under the relevant Statutes, visual media is not coming under the ambit of the Statute and it is for the Government of India to look into the said aspect and this Court is not going to the same,"

Through a recent order, the Madras High Court refused to pass guidelines for regulation of the media amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while reiterating that it is for the Government of India to look into this aspect. "This Court also takes judicial notice to the fact that though all the entities are covered under the relevant Statutes, visual media is not coming under the ambit of the...

Allegation Of Communalising Corona By Print And Visual Media:Madras HC Dismisses Plea For Framing Guidelines [Read Order]

Akshita Saxena

"This Court also takes judicial notice to the fact that though all the entities are covered under the relevant Statutes, visual media is not coming under the ambit of the Statute and it is for the Government of India to look into the said aspect and this Court is not going to the same,"

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