Excessive response

IN Media Watch Briefs | 15/12/2007

The Editors Guild of India  has described as "deadly"   the direction of the  Delhi High Court to the government that a three member committee including a police officer be formed to pre censor all sting operations. The Court said this while ruling on the Uma Khurana  sting.  Coming from the judiciary which normally comes out on the side of press freedom in this country, it is an extraordinary directive.