2. WHAT IS PCI
• The Press Council of India is a statutory body responsible for adjudicating the
press in India. It was formed in 1966 by an act of parliament.
• Press council is a mechanism for the Press to regulate itself.
• The Press Council of India was first set up in the year 1966 by the Parliament
on the recommendations of the First Press Commission with the object of
preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the
standards of press in India.
3. CASE STUDY 1
• press council of India pulls up four publications for publishing unethical and
irresponsible write ups.
• New Delhi: four publications have been pulled up by the press council of India
(pci) for publishing “unethical and irresponsible write-ups without verifying the
facts and for violation of the norms of journalistic conduct.”
• While Dainik Bhaskar (Gurgaon) and the Agra based Hindi weekly Rozgar Sangrah
were warned by the PCI, times of India (Hyderabad) and the Kannada monthly
Mathukathe were admonished. In the case of Times of India,the council
admonished it for publishing a baseless.
4. • A similar observation was made in the case of Dainik Bhaskar for publishing a
false, malicious, mischievous and defamatory news report with the motive of
defaming and degrading the reputation of the government women’s college,
Gurgaon,it’s principal and staff.
• Taking a from view of the fact that the news paper did not publish the
clarification of the complainant the council directed the respondent editor to
publish the clarification without any counter allegations. Mathukathe was
admonished for violating journalistic ethics by publishing libellous material aimed
at denigrating the complainant,Paul G.D. Cunha by using foul language
5. • According to the council, the magazine editor not only failed to exercise his
editorial discretion by cutting out and editing the libellous statement but also did
not observe the stationary norms of journalistic conduct on pre-publication
verification.
• Rozgar Sangrah was found guilty of publishing an unauthorized advertisement on
appointment of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe in Uttar Pradesh.
6. CASE STUDY II
• Press Council issues notice to Telegraph for headline
• The Press Council of India has issued notice to a reputed newspaper The
Telegraph for "projection" of the president of India Ram Nath Kovind "in a
satirical manner". PCI issued a show-cause notice to the editor of the Telegraph.
• Press Council in its press release said that it has taken a suo moto cognizance of
the news item published in The Telegraph on March 17 and that "satirical
comments ridiculing and denigrating the first citizen of the country is uncalled for
and beyond the call of fair journalistic content".
