New Delhi: Press Council Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju on Monday heaped praise on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and found fault with those, including the media, for criticising her. In a statement coinciding with the completion of her one year in office as chief minister, Katju said that it was unfair on the part of some people, including much of the media, to only highlight her defects while overlooking...
03:44 PM, May 21, 2012
Kolkata: Cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar should not be honoured with the Bharat Ratna as the demand to give the award to filmstars and cricket players spoke of 'the low cultural level', Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju said on Saturday. "Somebody says the award should go to Tendulkar or to Sourav Ganguly. I say it should be given to none of them," Katju said. "Sometimes demands are made...
12:38 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Accusing Indian media of promoting superstitions and backward ideas to divert people's attention from real issues, Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Thursday alleged that the media houses are often looked upon by their owners as the means of making money. "In India, the recent tendencies show the media playing areactionary role. Instead of promoting scientific thinking, it promotes superstitions and backward ideas and diverts attention from...
01:35 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday distanced itself from a bill on media regulation proposed by Meenakshi Natarajan, a Lok Sabha MP and an aide of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, even as Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju accused the media of diverting interest from national issues. "The bill is based on her (Natarajan's) views. These are not the views of Rahul Gandhi. Neither are these his views...
03:34 AM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Monday asked the government to form a committee to place restrictions on the social media which he said was "often acting in an arbitrary and irresponsible" way. In a letter to Communications and Information Technology minister Kapil Sibal, Katju said that a panel should be immediately set up "so that the social media can be regulated and suitable legislation...
12:17 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the controversy over a CD purportedly involving Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi as an individual issue, the government on Monday said it was not mulling any move to restrain the social media. "This government since 2004 has not taken a single step to curb the social media," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters in New Delhi in response to questions whether the government was thinking of imposing any...
09:16 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the cartoon controversy, Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Wednesday said the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must learn to function in a democratic and more mature manner as she is no more a street fighter. "I think Mamata Banerjee should have behaved in a more mature manner. She is no more a street fighter, she is the chief minister...the...
06:47 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju's appeal to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for the release of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is lodged in a Pakistani jail, has found support across the border. Following Katju's appeal, Senator Syed Faseih Iqbal, a member of Press Council of Pakistan, has also written to Zardari seeking Sarabjit's release. Iqbal also wrote a letter to Katju in which he...
10:35 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council Chief Justice Markandey Katju on Saturday urged Parliament to refer the Lokpal Bill to a Standing Committee for further consideration so that a workable corruption investigation machinery can be created. In its present state, the Bill can create a parallel bureaucracy that could turn into a "Frankenstein monster" and double or triple corruption, he said in a statement. Katju, a retired Supreme Court judged, said that...
06:03 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Lucknow: Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Tuesday trashed the idea of setting up Lokpal saying it was "completely unworkable" and the proposed anti-graft body would not be able to cope with the lakhs of complaints it may receive. "Lakhs of complaints will come which cannot be handled by one person, therefore 55,000 Lokpals would be required. Lokpal would be required in every district," Katju told reporters, adding he...
08:45 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Defending journalists who reported the porngate scandal, Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Monday wrote to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker urging him that proceedings initiated against media persons be dropped. "Some MLAs of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly were filmed watching porn in the Assembly. Instead of commending the mediapersons for their professionalism, proceedings have been started against them," he said. In his letter to Speaker KG Bopaiah,...
01:11 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council of India (PCI) Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju on Friday told delegates from International Press Institute (IPI), a Vienna-based media watchdog, that he had taken up with state governments issues of protection of journalists and safeguarding them from undue pressure. During the meeting, Justice Katju told the delegation that he was committed to preserve the freedom of the media. The delegation comprised IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel...
04:21 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday declined to comment on Press Council chairman Justice Markandey Katju's statement that the press did not enjoy freedom in the state and was harassed if they wrote against the government. "I am not required to offer any comment," Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of the 87th foundation day of the Patna Medical College Hospital here. However, health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey,...
03:01 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Patna: Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju said on Friday that the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government harassed the media if they wrote against it. Katju said the information he had gathered about the media in Bihar was "not good". He reminded the Nitish Kumar government that its alleged action against the press was a violation of the Constitution. A three-member PCI team will be sent to Bihar soon...
07:04 AM, Feb 25, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has sent a showcause notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan over the recent attacks on journalists. Katju has threatened to recommend the dismissal of the government to the President. Katju has asked Chavan to reply to his letter within three weeks, after which he said he would take action. In the letter Katju said, "It seems to me that...
08:35 AM, Feb 23, 2012
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