Inquiry Committee Meeting Held on 19-20 June, 2017 at New Delhi
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Press Council of India Adjudications rendered by the Council in its Meeting held on 21.09.2017 at New Delhi, Complaints by the Press Section-14 Inquiry Committee meeting held on 19-20 June, 2017 at New Delhi 1. Complaint of Shri Baldev Singh against the editor, Hindustan Times, Chandigarh. (14/478/16-17-PCI) 2. Complaint of Shri Raj Kumar Jalan, Haryana against the editor, Punjab Kesari. (14/486/16-17-PCI) 3. Complaint of Shri Subhash Chandra Mishra, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh against the editor, Amar Ujala, Uttar Pradesh. (14/396/16-17-PCI) 4. Complaint of Shri Avdesh Mishra, Farrukhabad, UP against the Editor, Youth India. (14/387/16-17- PCI) CENSURE 5. Complaint of Shri Mohd. Nasir, Shamli, UP against the Editor, Amar Ujala. (14/503/16-17-PCI) 6. Complaint of Shri Sanser Pal Singh, Delhi against the editor, Nav Bharat Times. (14/482/16-17-PCI) 7. Complaint of Shri Anilbhai Danjibhai Parmar against the Editor, Navkar Weekly, Gujarat. (14/269/16- 17-PCI) 8. Complaint of Shri Ravinder Pal Singh Kohli, Advisor-PR, The Kalgidhar Trust, Baru Sahib against the editor, Rozana Pahredar, Punjab. (14/406/16-17-PCI) CENSURE 9. Complaint of Shri Dev Ashish Bhattacharya, UP against the editor, The Hindu. (14/290/16-17-PCI) 10. Complaint of Shri Dalbir Singh Bisht, Gurugraml, Haryana against the editor, Punjab Kesari, New Delhi. (14/510/16-17-PCI.) 11. Complaint of General Secretary, Trade Union Coordination Centre, Central Committee, New Delhi against the editors Aami Assomer Janagan, Amar Asom and Agradoot. (14/360-362/16-17/PCI) 12. Complaint of Shri G. Prasada Rao, GM-Corporate Communications, Air India Ltd., New Delhi against the editor, Union Territory Independent. (14/380/16-17-PCI) 13. Complaint of Shri Arvind Rajvedi, Director (काम िमक एव व ं शासन), Pashimanchal Power Distribution Corporation Ltd., Meerut, UP against the Editor, Vishav Prikrama Times. (14/491/16-17-PCI) CENSURE 14. Reference received from Election Commission of India, New Delhi against the Editor, Bijnor Times, Bijnor, UP. (14/899/14-15-PCI) CENSURE 15. Complaint of Shri Mohd. Khalid, Advocate on behalf of Shri Pramod Kumar Singh Chauhan against the editor, Dainik Jagran. (14/363/16-17-PCI) 16. Complaint of Ms. Priydarshani Yadav, Jharkhand against the Editor, Aawaj, Dhanbad, Jharkhand. (14/422/16-17-PCI) INQUIRY COMMITTEE-I SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 12 JULY, 2017 AT NEW DELHI 17. Complaint of Ms. Rashmi, Chandigarh against the Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, Chandigarh. (14/680/14-15). CENSURE 18. Complaint of Smt. Seema Chouhan, President, Matra Shakti Sangathan, Siwani against the editor, Hind Gazette, Siwani. (DEFERRED) 19. Complaint of Shri Abhishek Kumar Singh, UP against the Editor, the Times of India, Agra. (14/338/16- 17). 20. Complaint of Human Rights Protection Forum, Chandigrah, against the editor Dainik Savera Times, Jalandhar. (14/596/15-16). 21. Complaint of Shri Satya Naryan Prasad, New Delhi against the Editor, Rashtriya Sahara, New Delhi. (14/303/16-17). 22. Compliant of Shri Loknath Behera, IPS, Kerala against the Editor Mangalam Kerala . (14/137/16-17) 23. Complaint of Ms. Vandana Nigam against the Editor, Sajag Samachar Parivartan Ka (Hindi), the Aryavarth Express (English) and Parivartan Prabha (Kannada). (14/633-635/15-16) 24. Complaint of the Director, Chetna School of Nursing, Jind, Haryana against the Editor, Dainik Jagarn. (Nr). (14/298/2016-17). 25. Complaint of Shri Dinesh Chander, New Delhi against the editor, Hindustan, New Delhi. (14/427/16-17). 26. Complaint of Smt. Arti Agarwal, M.P. against the editor, Semariya Express, M.P. (14/549/16- 17).CENSURE 27. Shri Hariom Gupta, Satna, M.P. against the editor, Semariya Express. ( 14/415/16-17). CENSURE 28. Complaint of Shri Navin Gupta, Chandigarh against the Editor, Nagar Vaani, Chandigarh. (14/286/14-15) 29. Complaint of Ms. P.A. Lucia, Advocate, Tamil Nadu against the Editor, Dinakaran, Tamil Daily Newspaper. (14/292/16-17). 30. Complaint of Shri Shivnath Ram, Jharkhand against the editor, Hindustan. (14/433/16-17). 31. Complaint of Shri Ved Prakash, Secretary, Distt. Gurgaon, Haryana against the Editor, Dainik Tribune, Chandigarh . (14/496/16-17). 32. Complaint of Ms. Sangeeta Kumari, Ministry I&B, New Delhi against the Editor, Punjab Kesari & Raftaar. (14/44-45/17-18) . 33. Complaint of Shri Bijendra Sharma, Muzaffarnagar, UP against The Editor, Hind Darshan, Muzaffarnagar. (14/453/16-17) THE MEETING OF THE INQUIRY COMMITTEE-II SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 16 AUGUST, 2017 AT AHEMDABAD, GUJARAT 34. Complaint of Sri Surendra Kumar Jain, Harda against the Editor, Dainik Jagran, MP. (14/328/16-17). CENSURE 35. Complaint of Shri C.S. Chauhan, State President, Rajasthan Rawat Rajput, Rajasthan against the editor, Rawat Rajput Sandhesh. (14/39/17-18). 36. Complaint of Shri Pramod Sahu, Mahu, MP against the Editor, Pariwarik Dastak, Indore. (14/421/16-17). 37. Compliant of Shri Ram Prasad Patel, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh against the Editor, Hari Bhumi, Govindpur, Madhya Pradesh. (14/548/16-17). 38. Complaint of Prof. S.K Jain, Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University against Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, Dwarka Sadan, Bhopal, M.P. (14/509/16-17 ) . CENSURE 39. Complaint of Shri Vijay Trimbak Gokhale, Mumbai against the Editor, Loksatta, Maharashtra and Thomson Reuter (I) Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai-400013. (14/579/16-17). Rejoinder filed by the Complainant in respect of 39-40*. 40. Complaint of Shri. Vijay Trimbak Gokhale, Mumbai against the Editor, Loksatta, Navi Mumbai-400 710. (14/586/16-17). 41. Complaint of Shri. B.L, Jatav, Jabalpur, M.P against The Editor, Chambal Chetna, Gwalior, M.P. (14/570/16-17) . CENSURE 42. Complaint of Shri Rup Lal Sharma, and Shri Narender Singh Bhati, Rajasthan against the Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, Rajasthan. (14/50/17-18). 43. Complaint of Shri Ajay M. Marathe, Navi Mumbai against the Editor, Indian Express, Mumbai. (14/578/16-17). 44. Complaint of Adv. Jayant Anandrao Balugade, Kolhapur against the editor, Dainik Mahasatta, Kolhapur . (14/501/16-17). 45. Complaint of Shri. Vakiluddin Zahiruddin Ansari, Gujarat against the Editor, The National Crime News, Gujarat. (14/376/16-17). 46. Complaint of Shri Swamy A.D. Tirth, Central Prison, Navi, Mumbai-410 210 against the The Editor, Mumbai Mirror, Times of India Building, Mumbai-400 001. (14/571/16-17). 47. Complaint of Dr. Vinod K. Jain, Rajasthan against the Editors, (I) Dainik Bhaskar Gujarat Edition, (II) Dainik Bhaskar Jaipur Edition, (III) Shekhawati Bhaskar Sikar Edition and(IV) Dainik Bhaskar, SikarEdition, Rajasthan. (14/40-43/17-18). 48. 48. Press Council of India SI. NO. 1 F.NO. 14/478/16-17-PCI Complainant Respondent Shri Baldev Singh, The Editor Kapurthala, Hindustan Times, Punjab. Chandigarh. Adjudication Dated 21.9.2017 This complaint dated 30.11.2016 has been filed by Shri Baldev Singh, Kapurthala, Punjab, against the Hindustan Times, Chandigarh. According to the complainant the Hindustan Times in its issue dated 28.10.2016 published a report captioned “Punjab lives with a troubled legacy”. On which the complainant had sent an email/rejoinder to the respondent Editor to publish the same in the newspaper. In this connection, the respondent on 3.11.2016 published six letters/rejoinder of others readers but complainant’s letter was not published. Being aggrieved at the arbitrary and discriminatory act of the newspaper, the complainant had sent several reminders including a notice to the editor of the respondent newspaper on 11.11.2016 but still his letter remained unpublished. The complainant has also informed in his complaint that the respondent newspaper had acted illegally and unethically by allowing an IB officer Shri M.K. Dhar to work as a press reporter from 1980 to 1992 at Amritsar and a copy of an article authored by Shri Dhar has also been enclosed for reference. The complainant has pleaded the Council to take necessary action in accordance to the law against the respondent newspaper. In another letter dated 8.2.2017, the complainant has reinstated his earlier submission that six rejoinders from other writers on the same subject was published by the newspaper but alleges that his letter was deliberately not published by the newspaper as it shared facts based on history. He has, therefore, requested the Council to take appropriate action in the matter and has added that the matter deals with the state of Punjab and the entire Sikh community. Reply Filed by the Respondent A Notice for comments dated 21.3.2017 was issued to the respondent Editor. A written submission dated 30.03.2017 was received which states that the article in question , headlined ‘Punjab lives with a troubled legacy’, was first of a seven- part series on 50th anniversary of re-organisation of Punjab and creation of Haryana as a new state. The respondent editor stated that the complainant in his letter/rejoinder had not pointed out any factual inaccuracy in the said article. The complainant has quoted two books of historians which were beyond the scope of the said article and the complainant himself was neither quoted or mentioned as a stake- holder on the subject of the article. In addition, the respondent editor submitted that he receives many letters in response to write-ups published in their daily but due to space constraints only few letters are selected for publication based on quality and relevance of argument made therein and publishing a reader’s letter is an editorial discretion. In context of the compliant, the complainant’s letter was not published because it made no cogent comment or added any fresh perspective to the subject of article and all it had, was the quotes of two historians and as the newspaper had no means to verify the content/quotes of the history books referred in the complainant’s rejoinder and hence it was not published.