Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 7: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Paras Gupta regarding indecent, vulgar, inappropriate and untrue advertisements and programmes on various TV channels, Division Bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today granted two weeks time to the State and Union of India for filing compliance report.
After hearing Senior Advocate Sunil Sethi for the PIL whereas ASGI KK Pangotra for the Union of India and Senior AAG Gagan Basotra for the State, the DB observed, “in the earlier order the court had directed for disclosing the steps which the State Government seeks to initiate for regulating objectionable television content on the analogy of the provisions of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 and the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 in the State of Jammu and Kashmir”.
“We had also sought to know the steps which the State seeks to take for regulating the telecasting advertisements and programs, which are not in conformity with the various provisions of the Television Network Act of 1995 and the Cable Television Network Rules 1994, applicable in State of J&K”, the DB further said.
On this, Senior AAG Gagan Basotra sought further time to comply with the order dated June 10, 2014. Conceding the submission, the DB granted two weeks time for filing compliance report.
Division Bench also directed KK Pangotra, ASGI, to file a detailed affidavit regarding the steps taken by the Regulatory Authorities prescribed under the Act and Rules for regulating the television content as has been highlighted in the petition.
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