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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 purpose of bringing about social  and economic equality,  in order to provide economic justice and to avoid concentration of wealth in  the hands of a few people These principles give directions to the state for making laws and  policies for the collective good of the people. These Principles are non justiciable and are  not enforceable by the Courts of law. But they are nevertheless fundamental to the  governance of country. The Directive Principles lay stress on universalisation of education, abolition of child labour  and improvement of the status of women. Th

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 the  media units of the Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting, now it is an autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament . The Parliament of  India    passed an Act to grant this autonomy in 1990, but it was  enacted  September 15, 1997.     )   The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990,   extends to the whole of India. Mrinal Pandey is the chairperson of Prasar Bharati and Jawhar Sircar is the CEO. The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 The objectives of the Prasar Bharati Bill are: 1. To confer autonomy o

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 with, the due course of any judicial proceeding; or (iii) interferes or tends to interfere with, or obstructs or tends to obstruct, the administration of justice in any other manner; Under this provision, there are have been largely two different kinds of cases in which journalists have faced criminal contempt charges -  firstly, when there is an article which scandalizes or tends to scandalize or lower the dignity of the judiciary. This would include comments or remarks on judges or the functionary of the judiciary etc. Secondly, when ther

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. Words can be used to expose faults or abuses in society and to identify people who are to blame. What is defamation? Very simply, defamation is to spread bad reports about someone which could do them harm.  Defamation means one who writing about another person which spoils their good reputation, which makes people want to avoid them or which hurts them in their work or their profession.    If the plaintiff can prove that the words had a defamatory meaning, identified him and were published, that is defamation.  If someone complains to the court