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Tablighi Jamaat was murdered in Delhi from March 1 to March 15. In this, around 5000 people gathered from abroad. Markaz was evacuated between lockdowns. After this, cases of infection had increased rapidly in many states.
The Supreme Court is unhappy with the Centre's response to a matter related to the media reporting of the Tablighi Jamaat. The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Center that you should create a mechanism to focus on the content of TV and other media. If you do not do this, we will refer the matter to an outside agency.
Media institute accused of tarnishing the image of minorities
Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind filed a petition in the Supreme Court in August. The petition was for TV reporting on the Tablighi Jamaat during Corona. The Muslim organization had said that media institutions are tarnishing the image of minorities and calling them a threat. On this, the Supreme Court said that the government will not work until we say no.
SC's instructions and suggestions to Center on fake news
- How the Clean Up Act Will Work: On the same matter on Tuesday, Chief Justice SA Bobde told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on the Centre's reply, “The court is not happy with the Centre's reply. There is no part in it, so that it can know what powers the Center has under the Cable TV Network Act, so that such complaints can be addressed. The Center should explain how this act can be used to control the content of cable TV networks.
- Explain the mechanism in the new affidavit: The Chief Justice said, 'Your affidavit is completely silent on this issue. The second issue is what steps you have taken to resolve such complaints. There is nothing in your affidavit on what the mechanism is. Please give all these things in the affidavit again.
- If you do not have the right, then bring it into existence: The court said why should we send the matter to the News Broadcasters Association (NBSA) or others, when the Center has the right to watch it. If no such right exists, then you should bring it into existence. Otherwise, we will refer the matter to another outside agency.
- What steps can be taken against fake news: The court said that what is the mechanism you currently have under the Cable TV Network Regulation Act and tell me in three weeks what steps you can take under this act against fake news.
In the last hearing too, the court tightened the center
In the last hearing on this matter, the Center had said that based on our experience, we have seen that the Center will not take action until we give instructions. We are not criticizing Tusshar Mehta, but the government will not work unless we give instructions and that is why this system is here.
The court had suggested to the Center that the National Broadcasting Association should also be made a party in this matter. The Press Council of India had told the court that we have taken into account 50 complaints of incorrect reporting. On the other hand, NBA had said that we have received 100 such complaints.
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