'Paid News Is One Of The Menaces Afflicting Our Media': Madras HC Directs Constitution Of Press Council Of Tamil Nadu Within 3 Months

In a bid to clamp down on fake journalists, paid news and journalists who are indulging in illegal, unethical practices, the Madras High Court has last week directed the Tamil Nadu government to create a Press Council of Tamil Nadu (PCTN) which would act as a State level media regulatory body. A Bench of Justices N Kirubakaran (since retired) and P Velmurugan ordered that the proposed...