What breaches"law and order" would not necessarily affect society or a particular community as a whole.
TV channels had a field day attacking conservative comments on rape, women's dress and behaviour.
The regulator wants to keep government out of the business of TV broadcasting and distribution.
Recent instances of impropriety in the Indian press make it useful to study how the British inquiry into the ethics and practices of the fourth estate can apply to the Indian scenario,
The problem cannot be resolved by a review of S 66A by Judiciary or guidelines against 'misuse' issued by the Executive.
National Press Day in November reminds us of the purposes the Press Council should serve, but does not.
No other enactment like Penal Code or Criminal Procedure Code gave so much discretionary power to the investigating officers in any country.
The creation of such a special remedy without a clear legislative mandate is fraught with dangers of abuse.
Last week's FDI decision raises the cap on foreign investment in broadcasting hardware, but not in news and FM radio.
The arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has served to focus attention on the issue of holding a modernizing democracy hostage to colonial laws.