Govt issued notices to ABP News, NDTV 24×7 and Aaj Tak for Yakub’s execution coverage

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The NDA Government has issued separate show-cause notices to ABP News, NDTV 24×7 and Aaj Tak alleging that these three private news television channels showed disrespect to the judiciary and the President of India by airing certain content on the day 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged. The Union Information & Broadcasting Ministry has asked these channels to explain within 15 days why action should not be taken against them for broadcasting such content.

The content includes phone-in interviews of Chhota Shakeel on Aaj Tak and ABP News in which he claimed Yakub Memon was innocent and said that four mercy petitions were dismissed in a single day. He also alleged that justice had not been done and that he did not believe the court. NDTV 24×7 had aired an interview of Yakub Memon’s lawyer who spoke about how many countries have done away with the death penalty.

The show-cause notices to the channels invoke at least three sections including Section 1(d), Section 1(g) and Section 1(e) of Rule 6 of the Programme Code prescribed under the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994.

Section 1(d) states that no programme should be carried which contains anything “obscene, defamatory, deliberate, false and suggestive innuendos and half-truths.” Section 1(e) states that no programme should be carried in the cable service which is “likely to encourage or incite violence or contains anything against maintenance of law and order or which promote anti-national attitudes. Section 1(g) bars channels from carrying content which “contains aspersions against the integrity of the President and Judiciary”.



Explain why you shouldn’t face action for Yakub’s execution coverage: Govt notice to 3 channels | The Indian Express
 

Sanjeev

Core Member
Even IBN and Zee did such coverage but as they r close to BJP so they did not get the notice
So govt doing partiality with these 2 channel and giving notice to other channel already BEA has expressed their views and they will sort out this thing with the govt
 

aumnamonarayan

EntMnt Contributor
No one said that he is innocent, as a news channel its important that every view is discussed. Diff people gave diff views and they presented and discussed. Even others did the same.
 

Prateek Marwadi

EntMnt Rockers
Finest Member
u do not know anything

Even IBN and Zee did such coverage but as they r close to BJP so they did not get the notice

they also telecasted the interview with the associate of menon. news channels also presented the audio tape of tiger menon when he was talking to his mother n clearly told his mother that he ll take revenge of his brother against hindustan.

channels showing anti india stuff n also some interviews of the goons n terrorist.

so no partiality et al.

personal note - i do watch abp news n news 24. but on that day abp news was wrong.
 

IndianMascot

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Then write Modi to take action against them too. Anyone supporting terrorist is also a terrorist and should be treated the same way
 
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