SC proposes to strengthen self-regulatory mechanism for TV news channels

The Supreme Court on Monday found fault with the existing self-regulatory mechanism to monitor TV news channels and sought the Centre’s response, saying it wants to make it “more effective”.

Making it clear that it does not want to impose any censorship on media, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud stressed on the need for having an effective self-regulatory mechanism and said some channels went “berserk” during the coverage of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case.

The top court asked the News Broadcasters Association (NBA), which is now known as News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) and has a self-regulatory mechanism,