A statistical analysis of the adjudication of the complaints received by the BCCC in the financial year 2010-2011. Though the article mentions the NBA, this part of the series focuses on the BCCC. It concludes that the BCCC and NBA have not taken strong punitive action against channels that violated the guidelines of the respective bodies.

An analysis of the decisions taken by the NBA in the nine complaints that it took up in the year 2010-2011.

A statistical analysis of the work done by the Press Council of India in the 2011-2012, on the basis of its response to the complaints adjudicated by it. The complaints are grouped into two categories, against the press and by the press. These are further divided into subcategories; complaints by the press into harassment of newsmen and complaints of the press being denied facilities; complaints against the press are divided into Principles and Publications, Press and Defamation, Press and Morality, and Anti-National Writing. Concludes by questioning the effective of the PCI’s adjudication, and noting that most of the many controversies don’t even come up before it.

Manish Tewari, Justice Markandey Katju, and Justice A.P. Shah discuss the question of media regulation. They spoke against external media regulation but spoke in favour of more powerful regulatory mechanisms. Justice Katju addresses and speaks in favour of the point of a regulatory body with ‘power to punish’. They highlight key concerns and give opinions.

News report of a discussion between leading media personalities on the topic of ‘Challenges Facing the Media Today’, wherein they expressed concerns over instances of bad journalism like insensitive portrayal of victims, and discussed possible solutions.

Newsreport and opinion piece discussing cross-media ownership in the context of a controversial interview by Rahul Khullar and TRAI’s 2013 Consultation Paper on Cross-Media.

Justice Markandey Katju’s opinion piece on Media regulation, stresses the need for regulation of the media, and raises the point of that the right to freedom of expression of speech under the constitution not being absolute. Discusses commercialisation of media, paid news, self-regulation in the context of its failure, the failure of NBA and BEA, recommends that the media also be brought under the Press Council.

A journalist’s perspective supporting the efficacy of self-regulation in press media, in the form of competition between newspapers, ‘regulators’ and ‘watchdogs’ like The Hoot and Newslaundry.

News report on a parliamentary committee’s recommendation to regulate the print and electronic media through a statutory regulator, and, to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, to take action on cross-media ownership to prevent instances of paid news. Also discusses existing measures of self-regulation, such as the BCCC, PCI, and IBF.

Discusses the necessity of stronger regulation in the Indian media considering its current state. Considers the example of the PCI and if its powers should be extended further, but concludes against it.

The author compares the Indian and the British media, highlighting similarities and differences, and stresses the need for an equivalent of the Leveson Committee in India.

A more elaborated on version of the above article; speaks more on the Indian condition.

News report discussing the status and circumstances of journalists in India, in the context of suggestions of statutory bodies with powers to cancel the licenses of journalists for the regulation of the press.

A news report of Lord Lester, leading Human Rights lawyer in the UK, speaking against the changes in media regulations being made in response to the recommendations made by the Leveson Committee report. He finds the system of statutes and a royal charter as unnecessary, comparing the new level of regulation of the media to the regulation faced by the East India Company.

Discusses the requirement of regulation of the media in context of its response to the Print and Electronic Media Standards and Regulation Bill, 2012, which is not available in the public domain, and the existing corruption within the media industry. Analyses a two-pronged approach to media regulation, which consists of the media defining its own code of ethics, conduct et alia, and an independent ombudsman for newspapers/channel above a predetermined threshold. Suggests that the Indian media should learn from the PCC.

News report discussing the Print and Electronic Media Standards and Regulation Bill, 2012, a private member’s bill that proposed a draconian set of rules to regulate the media, discussing its salient points. The Bill is as of yet not available in the public domain.

A report discussing the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of self-regulation and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s Inter Ministerial Committee for Broadcasting in regulating the press. Discusses the SC’s order to the government for the creation of an independent broadcasting authority, the subsequent steps taken by the government, and their failure. Also discusses the various ways in which the government has failed to put in place a systematic and time-bound complaint redressal process involving all stakeholders.