Tighter conduct code

IN Media Watch Briefs | 13/06/2014

The Maharashtra legislature may tighten the code of conduct for journalists covering their proceedings. This follows Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse Patil examining records of Home Minister RR Patil's speech in Council, with media reporting the latter as saying there would be rapes even if policemen were stationed in each home, which he denied and the records upheld the denial. Walse Patil will meet the Legislative Council Chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh. Entry of reporters and the manner of coverage is determined by the legislature, deviation from which amounts to breach of privilege.

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