Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai appointed as Chairperson, Press Council of India (PCI)

Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai appointed as Chairperson, Press Council of India (PCI)

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Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai appointed as Chairperson, Press Council of India (PCI)

The Government of India has appointed Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as Chairperson of Press Council of India (PCI). Smt Justice Desai is a retired Judge of Supreme Court of India. She is the first woman to be appointed to this position.

Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai replaced Justice Chandramouli Kumar Prasad.

Ranjana  Desai's appointment was cleared by a committee. The committee included Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and PCI member Prakash Dubey.

About Press Council of India (PCI)

The Press Council of India (PCI) was first set up in the year 1966 by the Parliament on the recommendations of the First Press Commission with the object of preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the standards of press in India. 

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The present Council functions under the Press Council Act 1978. It is a statutory, quasi judicial body which acts as a watchdog of the press. It adjudicates the complaints against and by the press for violation of ethics and for violation of the freedom of the press respectively.

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The Press Council is headed by a Chairman, who has by convention, been a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. The Council consists of 28 other members of whom 20 represent the press and are nominated by the press organisations/news agencies recognised and notified by the Council as all India bodies of categories such as editors, working journalists and owners and managers of newspaper , 5 members are nominated from the two houses of Parliament and 3 represent cultural, literary and legal fields as nominees of the Sahitya Academy, University Grants Commission and the Bar Council of India. The members serve on the Council for a term of three years . The Council was last reconstituted on May 22, 2001.(inp:pci)

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• Founder of Press Council of India: Parliament of India
• Formation of Press Council of India: 4 July 1966, India
• Headquarters of Press Council of India: New Delhi
• Chairperson of Press Council of India: Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai