· The Government held NDTV India guilty of violating Rule 6 (1) (p) of the Cable TV Network Rules 1994.
· The rule says that no programme should be carried which contains live coverage of any anti-terrorist operation by security forces.
· It also says that media coverage should be restricted to periodic briefing by an officer designated by the government.
· This is meant to guard against any information that could compromise national security.
When was this Rule Introduced?
The point 6 (1) (p) was introduced by an amendment to the Cable Television Network Rules last year, which came into force in March 2015.
Following the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, between November 2008 and March 2015, the government issued five advisories to television channels on the coverage of such incidents.
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