SHILLONG, JUNE 2: Journalists in Meghalaya under the banner of the Shillong Press Club today decided to move the Press Council of India and other higher authorities to seek intervention into the recent Meghalaya High Court ruling which restrained the media from publicizing announcement by organizations calling bandhs, strike, hartals, road blockade and also holding of rallies.
“We have unanimously decided to move the Press Council of India and other higher authorities available against the high court ruling which will have a greater ramification in the role and functions of the media in a democratic state,” Shillong Press Club president D Laitphlang said.
He said the decision was unanimously taken by all those who attended the emergent meeting convened by the press club.
While respecting the honourable High Court’s order, the press fraternity felt that such a blanket order tantamount to a gag order thereby restricting the press from discharging its sworn duty of disseminating information to citizens of the state.
While several High Courts have deemed bandhs as illegal yet none have banned the media from publishing such announcements.- By Our Reporter
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