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  Markandey Katju asks SC to quash Parliament resolutions on anti-Gandhi, anti-Netaji remarks

  India | June 29, 2015 17:25 IST

  New Delhi: Former Press Council of India chief and retired judge Markandey Katju has filed writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking to quash  resolutions passed against him in both House of Parliament over his

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  Katju seeks pardon for Zaibunissa in 1993 Mumbai blasts case

  India | March 27, 2013 14:59 IST

  New Delhi/Mumbai, March 27: After actor Sanjay Dutt, Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju Wednesday sought a pardon for Zaibunissa Kazi, another convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.The former apex court judge said

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  Katju appeals to Maharashtra Governor to pardon Sanjay Dutt

  India | March 22, 2013 12:59 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 22: Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju has appealed to the Maharashtra governor K. Sankaranarayanan to pardon actor Sanjay Dutt, after he was sentenced to five years jail by the

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  Katju widens scope of committe to regulate journalism schools

  India | March 14, 2013 7:49 IST

  New Delhi, March 14 : A day after issuing his controversial order to constitute a committee for recommending qualifications for journalists, Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju on Wednesday widened the scope of the committee to

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  Practice of paid news found in Guj polls: Katju

  India | January 12, 2013 8:46 IST

  Jabalpur (MP), Jan 12: Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markanday Katju yesterday released a report on Gujarat polls which claimed that the malpractice of paid news was noticed on a large-scale in the

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  Unification of India, Pakistan must to solve Kashmir issue: Katju

  India | December 08, 2012 18:49 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 8: Unification of India and Pakistan is the only solution to the Kashmir problem, according to Press Council of India head Markandey Katju.Addressing a seminar on "Reporting conflict zones", organized by the

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  There should be a regulatory body for journalists, says Katju

  India | December 05, 2012 23:59 IST

  Mangalore, Dec 5: Press council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today opined that there should be a regulatory body for journalists on the lines of Medical Council of India and Bar Council.Talking to reporters

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  Katju appeals to Pak leadership to release Sarabjit

  India | September 24, 2012 10:41 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 24: Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju  on Sunday appealed to the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan to release Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row for over

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  Katju flays news channels for excessive coverage of Rajesh Khanna's death

  India | August 24, 2012 21:59 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 24: Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju today slammed television news channels for "excessive" coverage on film stars, cricket and astrology to boost viewership rather than focusing on real issues such

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  Katju says, judges must be made accountable

  India | August 18, 2012 10:39 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: Press Council of India chief Justice (retd) Markandey Katju has opposed Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia's suggestion that government must not tinker with the independence of judiciary.In an interview

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  Freedom Comes With Reasonable Restrictions, Says Katju

  India | February 04, 2012 16:45 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 4: In the backdrop of controversy involving author Salman Rushdie, Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today said freedom is not “absolute” and is subject to “reasonable restrictions” in

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  It Is A Mystery Why Rushdie Won The Booker, Says Katju

  India | January 30, 2012 18:21 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 30: Attacking Salman Rushdie, Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Markandey Katju today said the "sensationalism" depicted by his book Satanic Verses has deeply hurt Muslim sensitivities and that an individual's freedom

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  Rushdie Is A Poor, Sub-Standard Writer, Opines Retd Justice Katju

  India | January 25, 2012 16:33 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 25: Salman Rushdie is a “poor” and “sub-standard writer” who would have remained largely unknown but for his controversial book ‘Satanic Verses', according to Markandey Katju, till recently a judge of the