The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered the central and state governments to issue notices and 70 media platforms on a petition filed by a lawyer and a BJP member, directed officials to take steps to protect the right to privacy of individuals and ensure Media outlets do not invade the privacy of individuals by breaking the law.
The court, in an interim order, directed that any broadcast in the media governed by the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, should conform to the terms of the “Program Code” as defined under this Act.
A bench of Justice PS Dinesh Kumar, Anta V. Passed an interim order on a petition filed by Hiremath.
Media platforms include newspapers, TV channels, online news portals, news agencies, social networking and micro-blogging service providers such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Citing examples of video clips of Karnataka MLA Ramesh Jarakiholi allegedly getting intimate with a woman in the media, the petitioner claimed that “he feared that the media platforms would, in fact, give some of his personal moments Can catch and broadcast them overall. ” Violation of his right to privacy under Article 21 ”.
The petitioner cited media reports about claims made by social activist Dinesh Kallahalli that he had several CDs containing “explicit material from other persons related to the BJP”.
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The petitioner sought a direction to the authorities to prevent and prohibit 70 media platforms from publishing, broadcasting, broadcasting any material in visual or any other form, which is a right of privacy under Article 21 Is a violation, and a violation of the provisions. Under the CTN (Regulation) Act.
The petitioner said, “The petitioner states that if the media platform is not banned … then the right to live with dignity can be cut off.”
Citing the provisions of the CTN (Regulation) Act, the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Prohibition of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, the petitioner alleged that the media platform was showing certain scenes on a daily basis, including a woman Was being shown Represented in an indecent manner.
The petitioning officials alleged that media platforms have failed to take any action either to show indecent scenes with women or to prevent them from prosecuting under appropriate law.
The petitioner said, “With the private lives of citizens in the media being eavesdropped through social networking sites or spy cameras, security is needed so that the citizens can act as they want to and about others. Don’t think. ” Indicating what is legal will be immoral, and what is moral may be immoral to another.
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