Index of adjudications 21st AR (1999) Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint Date of Decision Category Section 1 Complaint of Shri Prem Saraswat, Press Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Closed with directions 13 Reporter, Dainik Chetna, Siwani against Siwani Police, Haryana 2 Complaint of Shri Naresh Thakkar, Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Upheld 13 Journalist and Photographer, Chittorgarh against police authorities 3 Complaint of Shri Satubha Kanubha Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Dismissed for lack of substance 13 Vaghela, the Editor, Surendranagar Times against The Collector, Surendranagar district 4 Complaint of Shri Mahanarayan Singh Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Directions 13 Bisen, Correspondent, Hindustan, Allahabad against anti-social elements, local police and administration, Government of UP 5 Complaint of Shri Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Directions 13 Editor, Shukra Shani, weekly, Meerut against Eduction Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh 6 Complaint of Shri Madan Mohan 'Manav' Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Grienvance redressed 13 district Representative, Dainik Nisha Naresh, Mathura against the District Manager, Telecommunication and Senior Superintendent of Police, Mathura, UP. 7 Complaint of Shri Kunwar Soaib, Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Proceedings dropped 13 Correspondent, UNI against the SDM and CO., Khurja Page 1 of 47 Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint Date of Decision Category Section 8 Complaint of Shri Ravinder Saxena, Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Upheld 13 Correspondent, Amar Ujala, Badayun, Uttar Pradesh 9 Complaint of the Publisher, Bheem Netritya, Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Dismissed for lack of substance 13 Barabanki against Barabanki administration, U P. 10 Complaint of the Editor, Banda Tahzeeb Harassment of Newsmen 4/6/1999 Sub-judice 13 against Shri Mattaki Raza, Central Nazir of District Judges and Rajaram Gurudev, Cashier 11 Complaint of Shri Bhaskar, Correspondent Harassment of Newsmen 6/7/1999 Upheld 13 of Jansatta and Sandhya Prahari, Hajipur against the District Magistrate, Vaishali. 12 Complaint of Shri Ranjit Kumar Roy, Harassment of Newsmen 6/7/1999 Directions 13 Activist, National Human Rights Association, Ranchi against Government of Bihar, Patna. 13 Complaint of Shri Vijay Kumar Jha, Harassment of Newsmen 6/7/1999 Complaint not purused 13 Correspondent, Aryavarta and Ashok Kumar Aklela, Rashtriya Naveen Mail against the General Manager, Town Services, Steel Plant Bokaro and Smt. Manjari Jaruhar, DIG, CISF 14 Complaint of Shri Gyanesh Kumar Harassment of Newsmen 6/7/1999 Upheld 13 Srivastava, Journalist, District Devdhar, Bihar against police authorities, Bihar, Patna Page 2 of 47 Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint Date of Decision Category Section 15 Complaint of Shri Binay Bhusan Harassment of Newsmen 6/7/1999 Directions 13 Pattanayak, Keonjhar (Orissa) against Government of Orissa 16 Complaint of Shri Sanjay Donde, Journalist, Harassment of Newsmen 6/7/1999 Upheld 13 Rashtrasatta, Igatpuri, District Nashik against City President, Shiv Sena and police authorities. 17 Complaint of Shri Lakshmi Narayan Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Directions 13 Pandey, Journalist, Basti, UP against Shri Sukhpal Pandey, Minister of State for Transport, Government of U P. 18 Complaint of Shri Narendra Singh, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Dismissed being outside jurisdiction 13 Journalist, Unnao against Shri Pran Nath Awasthi, Editor, Dainik Vrittanta, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh 19 Complaint of Shri K A Nomani Editor Zero Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Disposed with directions 13 Times, Azamgarh against Shri Bajrang Tripathi, Manager, Children College, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh 20 Complaint of Shri Mahesh Mishtra, sub- Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Directions 13 editor, Aaj, Lucknow and others against Balu mafia and police authorities. 21 Complaint of Shri Sukesh sharma, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Dismissed on merits 13 Publisher/Editor, Desh Dulara, Hindi weekly, Saharanpur against Smt. Seema Johnsari, Assistant Director, Special World Bank Project Page 3 of 47 Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint Date of Decision Category Section 22 Complaint of Shri Ram Naresh Yadav. Chief Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Upheld 13 Editor Desh Ke Kamere, Hindi weekly, Unnao against police authorities, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh 23 Complaint of Shri Bhojraj Singh Arya, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Upheld 13 Editor, Hathras Samachar, Hathras, Uttar Pradesh against District Magistrate Hathras and District Supply Officer, Hathras, Uttar Pradesh 24 Complaint of Shri Ajay Kumar Pathak, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Directions 13 Correspondent, Rashtriya Sahara, Sultanpur against police authorities 25 Complaint of Shri Ravi Kant Sharma, Editor, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Disposed with directions 13 Amar Ujala, Bareilly against Shri M D Tiwari, Vice Chancellor, Mahatama Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 26 Complaint of Shri S.P Gupta. Publisher, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Dismissed with observations 13 Mathura Refinery Darpan against the District Magistrate, Mathura and Oil India Limited. 27 Complaint of Shri S. Balaji, Editor, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Directions 13 Sarkarada Vartha, Bangalore against the Director, Karnataka Secondary Education Examiniation Board, Bangalore 28 Complaint of Shri S. John Ravi, Editor, Laity Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Upheld 13 Focus and News Bangalore against police authorities Page 4 of 47 Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint Date of Decision Category Section 29 Complaint of the Manager, Nakkheeran Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Dropped upon observations 13 against the Tamil Nadu Police and Special Task Force 30 Complaint of the Editor, Nakkheeran, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Dropped for want of facts 13 Chennai against Shri R. Sarath Kumar. 31 Complaint of the Editor, Shanti Sainik, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Upheld 13 Bangalore against Raibag police station 32 Complaint of the Editor Nakkeran, Chennai Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Upheld 13 against Tamil Nadu police 33 Complaint of Shri Vishnu Murthy, Harassment of Newsmen 8/6/1999 Upheld 13 Janamitra, Telugu and English weekly, Yanam against Yanam police 34 Complaint of Shri Ishfaq-ul-Hassan, Harassment of Newsmen 10/13/1999 Upheld 13 Reporter, Kashmir Times, Srinagar against CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir police 35 Complaint of Shri Mohan Nagpal, Editor, Harassment of Newsmen 10/13/1999 Disposed with observations 13 The Pilot, Bhatinda against the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Punjab for holding inquiry in respect of news published in the newspaper Page 5 of 47 Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint Date of Decision Category Section 36 Complaint of Shri Rattan Kumar Tanwar Harassment of Newsmen 10/13/1999 Directions 13 Editor/ Publisher, Hindi weekly, Tanwar Bharat, Bhiwani against police authorities, Bhiwani, Haryana 37 (a)Complaint of Shri Ravi Shankar Sharma, Harassment of Newsmen 10/13/1999 Upheld 13 Chief Editor, Buland Yuva, Buland against Upheld the State Minister for Public Health and Housing, Govt. of Haryana. (b)Complaint of Shri Ravi Shankar Sharma, Chief Editor, Builand Yuva, Buland against the State Minister for Public Health and Housing, Govt. of Haryana. 38 Complaint of Smt. Santosh Yadav, Harassment of Newsmen 10/13/1999 Dismissed on merits 13 Journalist, Narnaul against Superintendent of Police, Narnaul, Haryana 39 Complaint of Shri Sheesh Pal Jindal, Harassment of Newsmen 10/13/1999 Dismissed on merits 13 Journalist, Guhla Chika against Dr. D P Goel, Senior Medical Officer, Community Health Centre, Guhla, Haryana 40 Complaint of Shri Jitendra Aggarwal, Harassment of Newsmen 10/13/1999 Dropped with observations 13 Journalist, Dainik Jagran, Ambala City against S/Shri Suram and Ajay, S/o Shri Fakir Chand Aggarwal, Deputy Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha 41 Complaint of Shri Shrinivas Mahabal, Harassment of Newsmen 12/13/1999 Upheld 13 Abhivyakti Media for Development, Nashik against police authorities, M P. 42 Complaint of Shri Hariprakash Aggarwal, Harassment of Newsmen 12/13/1999 Disposed with directions 13 editor, Dainik Chhatarpur Paraman, M.P against Shri Raghav Bhushan, City Inspector Page 6 of 47 Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint Date of Decision Category Section 43 Complaint of Shri Punit Chaturvedi, Bureau Harassment of Newsmen 12/13/1999 Upheld 13 Chief, Dainik Public Asia Bhopal against police auhtorities, Government of M P. 122 Complaint of Mohd. Irashad Rayeen, Facilities to the Press 2/14/2000 Sub-judice 13 Journalist, Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh against Arimardan Singh, local MLA, Samajwadi Party, Mahoba and police authorities, Mahoba, U P. 123 (a) Suo motu action regarding Dinamalar, Curtailment of Press Freedom 4/6/1999 Dismissed on 13 Tamil daily's office ransacked by an armed merits gang. (b) Dismissed on merits Suo motu action regarding Dinamalar, Tamil Daily's office ransacked by an armed gang. 124 Complaint of Shri Sunil Waskar, Editor, Aaj Curtailment of Press Freedom 6/7/1999 Upheld 13 Rashtrasatta, Nashik against the SHO, Police Station, Igatpuri 125 Complaint of Shri Lalaram Chaturvedi, Curtailment of Press Freedom 8/6/1999 Directions 13 Director, Dainik Din-Raat, Itawah, Uttar Pradesh against police authorities 126 Complaint of Dr. N.K Trikha, President, Editor-Management Dispute 4/6/1999 Upheld 13 National Union of Journalists, Delhi against The Economic Times 1 Complaint of Shri Vijay Kumar Salwan, Principles and Publication 4/6/1999 Directions 14 Deputy Forest Ranger, Wild Life, Kota against Rajasthan Patrika Page 7 of 47 Sl No Parties Nature of Complaint