1. Press Council Of India
Prepared by,
Neeta Vala,
M.A. Sem. IV,
Roll no. 20,
Dept. of English

2. Introduction
The Press Council of India - first set up in 1966
 Objective PCI was set up with the twin object
 "preserving the freedom of the Press"
 "maintaining and improving the standards of
newspapers and news agencies in India".
 The present Council functions under the Press Council Act 1978.
 Composition PCI is a body corporate having perpetual succession. It consists of
a Chairman and 28 other members.

3. •Chairman of the Rajya
Chairman
Sabha
• Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
28 members • Council Members
5 members 3 members
20 members
3 the Speaker of the Lok 2 the Chairman of the Nominees of the University Grants
Sabha. Rajya Sabha. Commission, Bar Council of India
and Sahitya Academy.
6 Editors of 7 Working
Newspapers Journalists 6 Owners & Managers
Of 1 Managers of News
BIG, MEDIUM And Agencies
SMALL Newspapers

4.  power of civil court
 500 complaints against newspapers and journalists every year
 The Council - last reconstituted on 22 May 2001.
 The present Chairman - Justice Markandey Katju.
 Period of service – Three years.
 PCI acts as a watchdog of the press.
It may either warn or censure the errant journalists on finding them guilty. For example-
21 July 2006, when it censured three newspapers —
 Times of India (Delhi and Pune),
 Punjab Kesari (Delhi)
 Mid Day (Mumbai)

5. September 20, 2007, four journalists of Mid Day-
Vitusha Oberoi & MK Tayal,
-four months jail on contempt of court charges,
- a report they had filed on the ex-Chief Justice of India, Y. K.
Sabharwal.
Whether the charges in the report were true or not was not considered in
arriving at the decision.
 Address your complaints or inquiries to :
The Secretary,
Press Council of India,
Soochna Bhavan,
8-C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi-110003
Website: http://presscouncil.nic.in