Delhi High Court seeks reply over constitution of 15th Press Council
The Hindu
Delhi High Court directs PCI and Centre to respond to plea for 15th Press Council constitution.
The Delhi High Court asked the Press Council of India (PCI) and the Centre to respond to a plea of the Mumbai Press Club seeking constitution of the 15th Press Council.
The court directed PCI and the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to file their replies within four weeks. The court passed the direction on May 26 and posted the hearing on July 10.
The plea sought a direction to the chairperson of the PCI to constitute the 15th Press Council without any delay.
The petition filed by Mumbai Press Club said the PCI was a quasi-judicial body entrusted with the task of overseeing the smooth and ethical functioning of the press in India.
The PCI, which ordinarily has a three-year term, comprises the chairperson, usually a retired Supreme Court judge, and 20 elected members representing working journalists, editors, owners of newspapers and news agencies aside from eight nominated persons — five MPs and three others with special knowledge of the law and arts.
The plea said the term of the 14th Press Council ended on October 8, 2024 but the new Press Council that should ordinarily have taken over seamlessly, had not been constituted yet even as it has been eight months.
“The process for setting up the Press Council through seeking nominations from associations of journalists, editors and owners, was started as far back as a year ago on June 9, 2024, but for one reason or another, has not been completed,” it said.
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