Supreme Court bars Media from revealing identity of sexual assault victims
Reiterating the provisions in the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Supreme Court today restrained the media from revealing the names and identities...
View ArticleAddressing the Press: Not the Problem
Satvik Varma Today marks the anniversary of the unprecedented press conference, when four Judges of the Supreme Court, constituting the then Collegium, bemoaned that our “democracy may be in danger.”...
View ArticleKarnataka HC sets aside interim gag order granted in favour of Tejasvi Surya
The Karnataka High Court has reportedly set aside an order passed by the Bangalore City Civil Court granting an interim injunction in favour of BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya in the defamation case he...
View ArticleHow Indian courts have ruled on Press Freedom over the past year
Aditya AK and Meera Emmanuel India currently ranks an abysmal 138th in the Press Freedom Index 2018, which gauges the amount of freedom journalists have to pursue stories, and how the authorities...
View Article2008 Malegaon Blasts: NIA opposes journalists' application against in-camera...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday opposed an intervention application filed by journalists covering the 2008 Malegaon Blasts trial against the NIA's plea to conduct the proceedings...
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