DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY AND FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES

http://download.nos.org/srsec317newE/317EL7.pdf The Directive Principles of State Policy are included in Part IV of the Constitution. Directive Principles of State Policy are in the form of instructions/guidelines to the governments at the center as well as states. The idea of Directive Principles of State Policy has been taken from the Irish Republic.  The framers of the Constitution included them with a special...

Read More

Prasar Bharati Act 1990

The Prasar Bharati Act (1990) was formed by the government as a result of Chanda committee report in 1966,   the Verghese Committee report  in 1978 and the Joshi Committee in 1985- set up by the government made a case for organizational restructuring of broadcasting.  Prasar Bharati is  India's largest public broadcaster. It  comprises Doordarshan television Network and All India Radio. Earlier it  were...

Read More

What is contempt of court

Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, defines criminal contempt as: “(c) criminal contempt means the publication (whether by words, spoken or written,  or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which (i) scandalises or tends to scandalise, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of,  any court; or (ii) prejudices, or interferes or tends to interfere...

Read More

Defamation

There is always a delicate balance between one person's right to freedom of speech and another's right to protect their good name.  Journalist tend to defame  the political leaders film stars sports people and other famous people either due to carelessness or because of lack of sufficient knowledge about defamation. Words are very powerful. Journalists use them to inform, entertain and educate their readers and listeners....

Read More