Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry on Monday put on hold the one-day ban imposed on NDTV India. The decision was taken following a meeting between I&B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and NDTV promoter Prannoy Roy.
Earlier in the day, NDTV challenged in the Supreme Court the one-day ban slapped on it for allegedly revealing crucial and
“strategically sensitive” information in the mid of the Pathankot terror attack.
This is the first ever such order against a TV channel over its coverage of a terror attack, the norms regarding which were notified in 2015.
The Editors’ Guild condemned the ban and demanded that the decision be withdrawn immediately, saying it was reminiscent of the Emergency period.
On Monday, the Press Club of India, Indian Women’s Press Corps, Federation of Press Clubs and other media organisations, joined hands decrying the order and called upon the Government for its immediate quashing.
Protesting mediapersons called it a case of “uncalled for censorship and in utter disregard of already established redressal mechanisms of Press Council of India and National Broadcasting Standards Authority.