Katju to challenge reporting ban on army troop movement
April 12, 2012  17:08
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Headline grabber Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju is back in the news.

 

Terming as "not correct" the Allahabad High Court order which prohibited all media reports related to troop movements, Katju today said that the Council
would soon challenge it in the Supreme Court.  Katju said that "with great respect to the High Court, I am of the opinion that the order of the High Court is not correct."

 

He said that the Indian Army was not a colonial army, but the army of the Indian people who pay the taxes for the entire defence budget. Hence, the people of India have a right to know about Army affairs, except where they compromise national security.

 


He said that reporting troop movement near the Indian border or during war time should be prohibited as that may aid the enemy and cause harm to the armed forces by compromising national security. "However, in my opinion there can be no general prohibition of reporting of all troop movements," he said.

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