Media Law (Including Right to Information Act)

This book, titled “Media Law”, has tried to cover different aspects of media (television, movies, music, publishing, advertising, the Internet, digital media, etc.). Beside the history and evolution of media law in India, the book has covered a wide range of legislations and codes on media law.

The authors have discussed here important statutes like The Press Council Act, 1978, The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990, The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, The Cinematograph Act, 1952 and other relevant legislations. In this book, the authors have discussed in details about the Right to Information Act, 2005. One can find relevant provisions of criminal law and law of torts in this book.

Laws on working journalists are incorporated here. Important provisions of Copyright laws are also discussed in this book. Along with, The Information Technology Act, 2000, The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, the authors have also incorporated recent trends and latest laws on digital and social media, including The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Landmark and updated cases on media law like Hamdard Dawakhana (Wakf) Lal Kuan, Delhi v. Union of India (1960), K.A. Abbas v. Union of India (1971), Nipun Saxena v. Union of India (2018), Sangita W/O Yeshwant Tanpure v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors (2021) are covered here.

This book has also covered legal aspects of media ethics, fake news, media trial, sting operation and social media. Students will also find this book helpful as multiple-choice questions on media law are incorporated here.