Compendium of Adjudications 2006-2007
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PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA Compendium of Adjudications (April 1, 2006-March 31, 2007) New Delhi Compendium of Adjudications Contents Preface Index of the Adjudications of the Council for -- 1 the period April 1, 2006 – March 31, 2007 Adjudications of the Council -- 17 PREFACE The Press Council has to perform a major function in adjudicating on complaints by and against the Press, and while discharging it, to evolve a code of professional ethics for the journalists, and norms of conduct for the authorities vis a vis the Press. The Council by taking measures to put the processing of the cases on a fast track is trying to shorten the period of disposal of the complaints. But much more has to be achieved in this direction. The present Compendium gives an account of the complaints received from and against the press and the number of complaints adjudicated during the year. I must emphasize that Press Council is not alternative to courts. Its object is to set standards in journalism by encouraging self-regulation and at same time to ensure that its freedom is not trampled upon. The adjudications rendered during the year will, I am sure, contribute largely to the case laws on the subject. (G.N. Ray) Chairman Press Council of India Index of Adjudications of the Council for the Period April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007 S.No. Parties Date of Decision Harassment of Newsmen 1. Complaint of Shri Ravinder Panchal, District July 12, Correspondent, Swatantra Bharat, Jalaun, U.P. 2006 against Police authorities of Jalaun, U.P. 2. Suo-motu action w.r.t. lathi charge on journalists ” at Jehanabad (Bihar). 3. Complaint of Shri A.S. Thakur, Editor, Akhand Jot, ” Delhi against Kumari Kusum, Municipal Councillor, Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi. 4. Complaint of Shri Mukesh Bhardwaj, Sonebhadra, ” U.P. against M.P. Police and Coal Mafia. 5. Complaint of Shri Madhuram Bodo, Editor, Asomiya ” Janamat, Guwahati against Shri Mehdi Alam Bora, Congress Spokesman, Guwahati. 6. Complaint of Shri Devendra Tripathi against Shri Brijlal ” Khabari, Ex-MP and Smt. Urmila Sonkar Khabari, PCS U.P. 7. Complaint of Shri Shadab Hussain, Correspondent October 16, Jadid Markaz, Behraich, U.P. against police 2006 authorities of Behraich, U.P. 8. Complaint of Shri Junaid Taimuri, Journalist, Etawah ” against police authorities of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. 9. Complaint of Shri Sudama Prasad Dubey, District ” President, Grameen Patrakar Association Lalitpur, U.P. against Police Authorities of Lalitpur, U.P. 10. Complaint of Shri Dinesh Pankaj, Editor, Kamgaron ’’ Ki Duniya, Mathura against Labour Department. 11. Complaint of Shri Harshwardhan Arya, Editor, ’’ Lokmat Samachar, Nagpur against Chief Conservator of Forests, Amravati, Maharashtra. 1 S.No. Parties Date of Decision 12. Suo motu action w.r.t issuance of an interim order/ October 16, notice under Section 144 Cr.P.C. dated 7.12.2005 2006 directing the Editor of Andhra Jyoti to appear before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Vishakhapatnam. 13. Complaint of Shri Jaleel Khan, Editor, Voice of ’’ Minority, Guntur against Shri S.M. Shabbir Basha, Former Executive Director, A.P. Minorities Finance Corporation, Guntur. 14. Complaint of Chief Editor, Koot Chakra, Sonbhadra, March 30, U.P. against Government of Uttar Pradesh. 2007 15. Complaint of Shri Ram Kumar Vaishya, Publisher, ’’ Vaishya Lahar, U.P. against Administrator, ISCKON Mandir, Lucknow. 16. Complaint of Shri Satbir Singh, Editor, Dabar Westend, ’’ New Delhi against SDM, Najafgarh, Delhi. 17. Complaint of Shri Arun Kumar, Editor, Sarhad Prahari, ’’ Madhepura, Bihar against anti - social elements. 18. Suo-motu action w.r.t. persistent threats on professional ’’ journalists from Militant organisation in Manipur. Facilities to the Press 19. Complaint of Shri Digant Oza, Editor, Jal Seva, July 12, Ahmedabad, Gujarat against Government of Gujarat. 2006 20. Complaint of M/s Lok Prakashan Ltd., Ahmedabad, ’’ Gujarat against Government of Gujarat. 21. Complaint of Shri Manoj Sharma, District ’’ Correspondent, Dainik Hawk, Bareilly against Assistant Information Director, Bareilly, U.P. 22. Complaint of Shri Suresh Chandra Rohra, October 16, Correspondent, Nai Dunia, Korba against 2006 (i) Chhatisgarh Samvad Jansampark Sanchnalaya, Raipur, (ii) Chief Minister, Chhatishgarh and (iii) Municipal Corporation, Korba. 23. Complaint of Editor, Bahar-e-Hardoi, Hardoi against ’’ District Information Officer, Government of U.P. 2 S.No. Parties Date of Decision 24. Complaint of Smt. Saroj Verma, Rani Jhansi Times, March 30, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh against DAVP. 2007 25. Complaint of Editor, Lamba Safar, Delhi against ’’ Directorate of Information & Publicity, Government of NCT of Delhi. 26. Complaint of Shri Rama Shankar Prasad, Correspondent, ’’ PTI, Nalanda, Bihar against Director, Public Relations Department, Government of Bihar. 27. Complaint of Shri Mitthu Prasad Agarwal, ’’ Correspondent, Dainik Sanmarg, Suppol against Public Relations Officer, Suppol, Bihar. 28. Complaint of Editor, Tripura Observer, Tripura against ’’ Information, Cultural Affairs & Tourism Department, Government of Tripura, Agartala. 29. Complaint of Editor, Hachukni Kok, Agartala against ’’ Director, Information, Cultural Affairs & Tourism, Government of Tripura, Agartala. 30. Complaint of Editor Nabapanji, Bengali weekly, ’’ Agartala against Information, Cultural Affairs & Tourism Department, Government of Tripura, Agartala. 31. Complaint of Dr. H.H. Majid Hussain, Editor, Daily Hindi ’’ Action and Daily Urdu Action, Bhopal against Divisional Railway Manager, West Central Railway, Bhopal Division. Principles and Publication 32. Complaint of Shaikh Nisarahmad Shermohammed, July 12, Maharashtra against Daily Aple Maharashtra. 2006 33. Complaint of Shri Deepak Chabria, Chairman, ’’ Employment Promotion Council of Indian Personnel, Mumbai against Mid Day and Times of India. 34. Complaint of Ms. K.R. Moghe, Stree Mukti Andolan ’’ Sampark Samiti, Pune against Times of India (Pune Times) Pune. 35. Complaint of Shri Sanjay Bhusreddy, IAS, Special ’’ Secretary, Housing, Government of U.P., Lucknow against Hindustan, Lucknow. 3 S.No. Parties Date of Decision 36. Complaint of Shri Ravi Kumar, Chairman, Calcutta July 12, Motor Sports Club, Kolkata against Autocar India, 2006 Mumbai. 37. Complaint of Dr. O.P. Agnihotri, Joint Managing October 16, Director, U.P. Bhoomi Sudhar Nigam, Lucknow 2006 against the Editor, Rozgar Sangrah, Agra. 38. Complaint of Shri T.T. Adhikari, New Delhi against ’’ The Hindustan Times, New Delhi. 39. Complaints of Shri C. Satish, Hyderabad against ’’ The Hindu, Hyderabad. 40. Complaint of Shri Kulamarva Balakrishna Padubidru, ’’ Karnataka against Prajavani, Kannada daily, Mangalore, Karnataka. 41. Complaint of Shri Baldev Singh, Punjab against the March 30, Editor, The Tribune, Chandigarh. 2007 42. Complaint of Shri Ramesh Lalwani, Delhi against ’’ the Editor, Times of India and Economic Times, New Delhi. 43. Complaint of Shri Hiranmay Karlekar, New Delhi ’’ against Editor, Economic & Political Weekly, Mumbai. 44. Complaint of Shri Sate Singh Rana, Member, BJP, ’’ Dehradun, Uttrakhand against Maidani Awaz, Dehradun, Uttrakhand. 45. Complaint of Shri Sandeep Jena, Editor, Delta Square ’’ against the Samaj, Oriya daily, Cuttack, Orissa. 46. Complaint of Shri Rajendra Kumar Jain, Bureau Chief, ’’ Rozgar Evam Parinam, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh against the editor, Employment News, New Delhi. 47. Complaint of Pt. S.L. Vyas, Pt. S.L. Vyas Sansthan, ’’ Phalodi, Rajasthan against the editors, Rajasthan Patrika, Jaipur, Dainik Navjyoti, Ajmer and Dainik Bhaskar, Jodhpur. 4 S.No. Parties Date of Decision Press and Defamation 48. Complaint of Shri M.M. Mittal, Mumbai against Nav July 12, Bharat, Mumbai. 2006 49. Complaint of Hon. Secretary, Sahyagiri Co-operative ’’ Housing Society, Mumbai against Confidence, Bi- Monthly, Mumbai. 50. Complaint of Smt. Deenaben Dhandhukiya, Proprietor, ’’ Sai Pooja Enterprise, Gujarat against Junagarh Samachar, Junagarh, Gujarat. 51. Complaint of Shri Dilip Kumar Ramlal Shah, Ahmedabad ’’ against Khadayata Jyoti. 52. Complaint of Shri Pradyumna Sahastabhojanee, ’’ Architect-Urban Designer, Nagpur against The Hitavada, Nagpur. 53. Complaint of Shri Meghraj Hajarimal Jain, President, ’’ Rashtriya Samaj Sewa Bahu Udeshiya Sanstha against Dainik Bhaskar, Nagpur. 54. Complaint of Shri Meghraj Hajarimal Jain, President, ’’ Rashtriya Samaj Sewa Bahu Udeshiya Sanstha against Daily Deshonnati, Nagpur. 55. Complaint of Shri Bharat B. Jain, Mumbai against Mid ’’ Day, Gujarati Daily, Mumbai. 56. Complaint of Shri Ravinder Diwedi, Bhrastachar Nirmulan ’’ Samiti, Thane, Maharashtra against Loksatta, Mumbai. 57. Complaint of Dr. Ram Lakhan Singh, Principal Chief ’’ Conservetor of Forest, Lucknow, U.P. against Hindustan, Lucknow. 58. Complaint of Shri Shailander Yadav "Lalai", Minister of ’’ State, Social Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh against Dainik Hindustan, Varanasi. 59. Complaint of Shri Shailander Yadav "Lalai", Minister of ’’ State, Social Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh against Amar Ujala, Varanasi. 5 S.No. Parties Date of Decision 60. Complaint of Shri Ashok Kumar Tomar, Principal, July 12, Rashtriya Inter College, Shahpur, U.P. against Amar 2006 Ujala, Meerut. 61. Complaint of Shri B.B. Jindal, Lucknow against ’’ Swatantra Bharat, Lucknow. 62. Complaint of Shri Murari Lal Goyal, Kanpur Dehat ’’ against Swatantra Bharat, Lucknow. 63. Complaint of Shri Shatrughan Singh Chauhan, ’’ Journalist and former General Secretary, Samajwadi Party, U.P. against Aaj, Kanpur. 64. Complaint of Shri