File photo of sanitation workers cleaning an area near the Nizamuddin Mosque where the Tablighi Jamaat event was held in March in New Delhi. (PTI)
The court, which was listening to pleas filed by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind and others alleging that a section of the media was spreading community hatred towards the Tablighi Jamaat congregation during the onset of the pandemic, asked the Center to present a new affidavit related to the mechanism. to regulate electronic media under the Cable Television Networks Law.
- PTI
- Last update: November 17, 2020 2:09 PM IST
- FOLLOW US:
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court expressed its disgust at the Center’s affidavit in the case involving media reports of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation during the start of COVID-19
pandemic, and said it should consider establishing a regulatory mechanism to deal with such content on television. The higher court asked the Center to create it and inform it of the mechanism.
First you did not file a proper affidavit and then you did file an affidavit that did not address the two important questions. This cannot be done, Mr. Mehta, a bank headed by Chief Justice, SA Bobde, told Attorney General Tushar Mehta. Mr Mehta, we are not satisfied with your answer, the higher court said. We want to know what is the mechanism to treat this content on television. If there is no regulatory mechanism, create one. Regulation cannot be left to an organization like NBSA, said the bank, which also includes judges AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian.
The court, which was listening to pleas filed by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind and others alleging that a section of the media was spreading community hatred towards the Tablighi Jamaat congregation during the onset of the pandemic, asked the Center to present a new affidavit related to the mechanism. to regulate electronic media under the Cable Television Networks Law. The superior court has released the matter for hearing after three weeks.
.
