New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought aresponse from the Centre what steps it was taking to restrain and regulate print and electronic media.
"We would like to know what steps the Government is taking to amend the Press Council of Indin Act as directed by the Supreme Court,” a Bench comprising Chief Justice M K Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said.
"We should also be informed what steps are being taken to introduce the Broadcasting Bill."
The Court passed the direction while hearing a bunch of petitions seeking direction to the Government to put in place proper mechanism to regulate publication and telecast of alleged obscene pictures and visuals.
It had earlier issued notice to the India Today and Outlook magazine for publishing obscene pictures.
Holding that the Government was reluctant to give more power to the Press Council of India, the Court said, "It is a sensitive matter and balancing act has to be done as there is conflicting views on the matter."
Pleading for the judicial intervention in the matter, the former Director General of BSF Prakash Sing, who is also one of the petitioners, contended that children of the country were exposed to the uncensored obscene pictures, which was creating bad impression on their mind.
"I have collected the papers from all over the world and no newspaper publishes such obscene pictures," Singh contended while placing the copies of the newspaper before the Court.
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