IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY 4th NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION 2016

OPPORTUNITY TO
GROOM LAW
STUDENTS AS
FUTURE LAWYERS

Proposition
RELATING TO
CONSTITUTION
AL LAW

Glimpses of
1st NMCC

IN THE
SERENE
AMBIENCE OF
DOON VALLEY
Glimpses of
2nd NMCC

Glimpses of
3rd NMCC

ORGANISED BY
SCHOOL OF LAW,
IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY
DEHRADUN
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IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY

4thNATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION-2016
INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY
4th NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2016
Dear Sir/Madam,

It gives me immense pleasure to announce the Fourth Edition of IUU, National Moot Court Competition.
The School of law, IUU invites participation from your esteemed institution for the competition scheduled
on Oct. 13-15, 2016.

We started in 1996 as IMS Dehradun, a non-profit organization set by a group of visionaries dedicated to the
cause of changing the face of professional education in Northern India. The University today provides a
platform for excellence in teaching, learning and administration. State of the art Information Technology is
extensively used in the University contributing to the development of well-trained graduate, post-graduate
and doctorate students. The University strives to provide holistic learning through a multidisciplinary
approach and also to promote research and innovation in all spheres of its activities in order to become a
national and global epicenter of knowledge, culture, skills and technologies. School of law, IUU is making
rapid advancements in standards of legal education and research. It offers B.A. L.L.B and B.B.A. L.L.B.
five years Integrated Program; L.L.M and Ph.D. courses. The courses are designed to provide overall
development of a student to strengthen to face the need of hour and global challenges.

We look forward for participation of your team in the aforesaid National Moot Court Competition and make
it a successful event. The Moot Competition Proposition, Official Schedule and the Official Rules and
Regulations governing the competition are enclosed herewith.
Thanking You
With regards,
Dr. Saroj Bohra
Head of Department
School of Law,
IMS Unison University, Dehradun
Uttarakhand
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IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY

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SCHEDULE
Key Dates
2nd Sept, 2016

Release of Moot Proposition and Rules of the Moot Court Competition

23rd Sept, 2016 Last Date for Submission of Soft Copy of Registration Form, Demand
Draft & Travel Plan
e-mail: sol.mootcourt@iuu.ac
24th Sept, 2016

Last Date for clarification of Moot Proposition

28th Sept, 2016

Last Date for Submission of Hard Copy of Registration Form, Demand

Draft & Travel Plan

2nd Oct, 2016

Last Date for Submission of Memorials (Soft Copy)

7th Oct, 2016

Last Date for Submission of Memorials (Hard Copy)

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13 Oct, 2016

Inauguration, Draw of Lots, Memorial Exchange& Researcher Test

14th Oct 2016

Preliminary Rounds and Quarter Finals

15th Oct 2016

Semi Finals, Finals & Valedictory

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IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY

4th NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION-2016
RULES AND REGULATIONS

I.

ELIGIBILTY
The Competition is open for students pursuing three/ five year LL.B. Degree Course from any
recognized Law College/University in India, subject to fulfillment of the registration formalities.

II. TEAM COMPOSITION

Each team shall consist of maximum of three members (two speakers and one researcher).

III. REGISTRATION
1. In order to confirm participation, teams of every Institution should register themselves. The
registration process consists of the following two steps:
Step one: Each team is required to send a scanned copy of their duly filled-in Registration form
along with the Demand Draft to sol.mootcourt@iuu.ac by September 23, 2016. Subject of the mail
should bear Registration Form for IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY 4th National Moot Court
Competition-2016.
a. The Demand Draft shall be drawn in the favour of IMS Unison University payable at
Dehradun.
Step two: Registration Form and Original Demand Draft should be sent to the address of the
University by 28th September and Registration Form for IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY 4th
National Moot Court Competition-2016 should be superscribed on the envelope. The postal
address is as under:
Moot Court Society
School of Law,
IMS Unison University,
Makkawala Greens,
Mussorie Diversion Road,
Dehradun- 248009.

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2. Registration Fee:
Rs. 4500/- (Rupees Four Thousand only) for each participating team.
3. Forms received after the deadline i.e. September 25, 2016 shall not be considered for registration.
4. The Registration is open to 36 teams only on first cum first serve basis.
5. No on the spot registration permitted.

IV. CRITERIA FOR MEMORIAL EVALUATION:

1. Teams have to prepare Memorials for both the sides.
2. The teams must send soft copies of both sides on or before October 2, 2016 to
sol.mootcourt@iuu.ac. In addition 2 (TWO) hard copies of each side of the memorials should
reach the University address up to October 7, 2016. The teams will also have to submit 5 (FIVE)
hard copies of each side of the memorial at the Registration Desk on 13th October, 2016.
Note: Late submissions beyond the stipulated time period will attract a 2 point penalty per
memorial for each day of delay. Soft Copies of Memorials submitted after October 2, 2016
shall not be considered for evaluation.
3. Format of Memorials
3.1 The memorial shall not exceed 30 typed A4 size pages.
3.2 Color of the cover page must be Blue in case of Petitioner/Appellant and Red in case of
Respondent.
3.3 Body of Memorial shall include:
i. The Cover Page
ii. Table of Contents
iii. List of Abbreviations
iv. Index of Authorities / Table of Cases
v. Statement of Jurisdiction
vi. Statement of Facts
vii. Statement of Issues
viii.Summary of Arguments
ix. Arguments Advanced/Detailed Arguments.
x. Prayer
xi. Bibliography
The title page shall include:
i. The Name of the Court
ii. The Year of the Competition
iii. The name of the Case
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iv. The name of the parties
v. Team Code to be indicated at the top right corner in bold.(Eg. T1) which shall be intimated to
the respective teams by 29th Sept, 2016.
vi. The title of the Document(i.e. Memorial for Petitioner or Memorial for Respondent)
The memorial shall not exceed 30 pages. The following contents are inclusive within the
stipulated page limit:
a. Pleadings
b. Conclusions
c. Annexure, if any
d. Appendices and footnotes.
Any issue or pleading, not discussed within the above mentioned contents of the Memorial shall
not be included in any other section of the Memorial.
3.4 The font of the body of the memorial should be Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing 1.5 &
headings should be 14. Bluebook 19th edition must be strictly adhered to for citations.
3.5 Memorials should be spiral bound/hard bound.
3.6 Memorials should have one inch margin on all sides of each page.
3.7 Pages should be numbered at the bottom middle.
3.8 The memorial should not contain any photographs/sketches/exhibits/affidavits etc.
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All memorials received within time schedule will be evaluated by the Memorial Evaluation
Committee (MEC) to be constituted by the Moot Court Society.

The evaluation will be done on the following parameters:

Criteria

Maximum Marks

Knowledge of Facts and Law

25

Extent and Use of research

25

Proper and Articulate Analysis

20

Clarity and Organization

10

Correct Format and Citation

10

Grammar and Style

10

6. Evaluation done by the Moot Court Society shall be final and binding.

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V. SUBMISSION AND FORMATING OF THE MEMORIALS
Delay in the submission of the memorials, use of incorrect font or font size, use of font of
inconsistent size, or improper line spacing, failure to include all parts of the memorial, or inclusion
of an unremunerated part, substantive legal argument outside of approved sections of memorial,
improperly formatted index of authorities, excessive length, failure to include necessary information
on the memorial cover, inclusion of any identifying mark, character or text in the memorial shall
result in imposition of penalties.

VI.

RESEARCHER TEST
There shall be a Researcher Test on 13th September, 2016 and it is mandatory for all the researchers
to take part in this competition. Best Researcher shall be determined by the marks of the researcher
test; however the marks of the researcher test shall not be added to the mooting marks of any team.

VII. ROUNDS
1. Draw of lots
In the draw of lots, each team will be assigned a side (appellant/respondent). Fixtures of the teams
will be according to the Draw of lots.
2. Preliminary Round
Each team shall represent both the sides as decided during the draw of lots. The merit list shall be
prepared on the basis of twin wins and then otherwise cumulative scores shall be considered.
Note: The top 16 teams selected after this round will proceed to the Pre-Quarter Finals.
3. Pre-Quarter Finals
This will be a knock out round and each team shall represent only one side as will be decided by
the draw of lots. The winner of each court-room shall be decided on the basis of scores awarded by
the judges in this round only.
Note: The winning 8 teams selected after this round will proceed to the Quarter Finals
4. Quarter Finals
This will again be a knock out round and each team shall represent only one side as will be decided
by the draw of lots. The winner of each court-room shall be decided on the basis of scores awarded
by the judges in this round only.
Note: The top 4 teams selected after this round will proceed to the Semi Finals.

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5. Semi Finals
This will again be a knock out round and each team shall represent only one side as will be decided
by the draw of lots. The winner of each court-room shall be decided on the basis of scores awarded
by the judges in this round.
Note: The winners from each court room will proceed to the Final Round.
6.Final Round
The final round shall take place between the winners of the Semi-Final round.

VIII. PROCEDURE AND MARKING OF COURT ROUNDS

1. Each team will get a total of 25 minutes to present its case in the Preliminary, Pre-Quarter and
Quarter Final Rounds and 40 minutes for the Semi Finals and Finals. This includes the time for
rebuttal and sur-rebuttal.
2. The division of time per speaker is left to the discretion of the team. However maximum time for
each speaker shall not exceed 13 minutes for Preliminary, Pre-Quarter and Quarter Finals and 22
minutes in the Semi Final and Finals.
3. The arguments should be confined to the issues presented in the memorial.
4. The researcher needs to be present with the speakers during all the rounds.
5. Maximum scores for the court rounds will be 100 marks per speaker. The court rounds will be
judged on the following parameters:
Criteria

Maximum Marks

Knowledge of Law

20

Application of Law to Facts

20

Ingenuity and Ability to Answer Questions

20

Style, Poise, Courtesy and Demeanor

20

Time Management

10

Organization

10

IX. COURT MANNERS (ORAL ARGUMENTS)

(1) Any form of communication between the Bar table and any person other than those on the Bench
is prohibited, and if indulged in, will result in a penalty point
(2) Submission of any written material other than the memorials and any other documents related to
the proposition in hand to the Bench prior to, during or after oral arguments is not allowed and if
indulged, in will result in a penalty point.
(3) Failure to deliver an oral argument shall be considered in entirety, a disqualification.
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(4) Use of any kind of electronic devices like laptop, mobile, ipads etc is strictly not allowed
during the moot proceedings.

X.DRESS CODE
Inside the Court Room the participants shall be in Formals.
Female(s): White Salwar and Kurta /White Shirt, Black Trouser and Black Tie along with Black Blazer
and Black Shoes.
Male(s): White Shirt and Black Trouser along with Black Tie, Black Blazer and Black Shoes

XI. AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

Categories of Awards:
i. Winner of the Final Round will be given the Best Team award.
ii. Runner-up of the Final Round will be given the 1st Runner Up award.
iii. Team placed 3rdwill be given certificate of 2nd Runner Up.
iv. Team with the highest memorial scores will be given the Best Memorial award.
v. Best Mooter award shall be determined on the basis of the total marks secured during the
Preliminary Round.
vi. In addition to the above, certificates will be issued to all the participants only during the
valedictory function and no prior request shall be entertained in any case.

XII. ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND TRAVEL

Accommodation, Food and Transport for participating teams from the Hotel to the Venue will be
provided by the Organizer. Any change in the travel plan should be immediately intimidated to the
organizers. Accommodation shall be provided from 13th Oct, 2016 12.00 PM to 15th Oct 2016 12.00
PM. Teams have to make their own arrangements if they arrive before the mentioned period or stay
beyond it. No arrangement shall be provided to any additional team member of the team apart from the
registered members.
Note: Boys & Girls shall be provided separate accommodation.

XIII. DISPUTES
Any dispute about the Moot Court Competition shall be referred to the Moot Court Society, before the
end of the competition and its decision shall be final and binding.

XIV. CODE OF CONDUCT

(1) The language for the Moot Court Competition shall be English.
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(2) All participants are expected to maintain the decorum in the Court during the competition and are
expected to conduct themselves in a manner befitting the legal profession.
(3) Scouting: Speakers, a reserve or persons affiliated with the team, will not be permitted to hear the
arguments in any court room in which the team is not one of the contesting teams whilst the team is
still in the competition.

XV. CHEATING, INTIMIDATION AND MISCONDUCT

(1) Cheating or using of unfair means of any kind is strictly prohibited and if indulged in, shall result
in disqualification of the team.
(2) Intimidation in any form is prohibited and if indulged in, shall result in disqualification of the team.
(3) Misconduct, whether behavioural or otherwise, is not allowed and if indulged in, shall result in
disqualification of the team.

XVI. NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE MOOT COURT SOCIETYY

(1) The participants are required to comply with the rules formulated by the Organizing Committee at
all times during the Moot Court competition.
(2) In case of any non- compliance with the rules of the Moot Court Society penalty may be imposed
by deduction of marks and the teams may also be disqualified after they have been warned once.
(3) Grounds for Penalty/ Disqualification
i. Use of Electronic Devices like Mobile, Laptop, IPads etc
ii. Scouting
iii. Misconduct with the judges or with the Moot court Society.
XVII. MOOT COURT SOCIETYY
Faculty Convener-

Ms. Shalini Saxena

Faculty Co-Convener- Ms. Shruti Das

Student Convener(s) (i) Mr. Joyanto Chakraborty
(ii) Mr. S.K.Ghosh
Student Co-Convener(s) (i) Mr. Lakshya Madan
(ii) Mr. Shivam Sharma
(iii) Ms. Ritika Sharma
(iv) Ms. Maham Haider
(v) Mr. Hardeep Singh
(vi) Mr. Kumar Rajat
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XVIII. QUERIES AND CLARIFICATIONS

In case of any questions related to problems or clarifications regarding the competition, feel free to
contact the following by 27th September, 2016:
E-mail: sol.mootcourt@iuu.ac
Website: www.iuu.ac
Contact:

Mr. Joyanto Chakraborty, Student Convener

Mobile- 7409165021
Mr. S.K. Ghosh, Student Convener
Mobile- 9045552749

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IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY

4th NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION-2016
REGISTRATION FORM
INSTRUCTIONS: All participating teams are requested to fill in the details in capital letters and a
scanned copy of the filled form should be mailed to sol.mootcourt@iuu.ac to expedite allotment of
the team code. Please read the Rules & Regulations of the competition before submitting this
registration form.

1. UNIVERSITY/ INSTITUTION DETAIL

Name of University/ Institution: .
Address of University/ Institution:
Name of Dean / HOD: ...
Telephone No.: .......... Fax No.: ...
E-Mail: Website: ......

2. SPEAKER 1
PHOTO

Name:.... Gender: ....

Course:.. Year:.
Mobile No: ...... Email:...

3. SPEAKER 2
PHOTO

Name: ..... Gender: .......................

Course: ...... Year: .
Mobile No: ...

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4. RESEARCHER
PHOTO

Name: ...

Gender:

Course: .... Year: .

Mobile No: .... Email: .......

5. DEMAND DRAFT DETAILS:

Name of the Bank: .
Demand Draft No:.......
Amount: .....
Date:........
Note: Demand draft should be in favor of IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY payable at Dehradun.

6. DECLARATION BY THE TEAM MEMBERS

We hereby certify that the information given by us is true and complete in all material respect. We
also undertake to abide by the Rules & Regulations of the Moot Court competition.

____________
Signature of Speaker 1

_______________

________________

Signature of Speaker 2

Signature of Researcher

Date:

Seal and Signature of the head of the Institution

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IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY

4th NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION-2016
TRAVEL PLAN
1. Name of the Team Members:
Member1: .... Gender:
Member2: Gender..
Member3: ... Gender: ..
2. Name of University/ Institution: ....
3. Arrival Details:
a. Mode of Arrival:

Train

Air

Bus

b. Train/Flights No. & Name:.........................................................

c. Scheduled Arrival: Date ..

Time . am/ pm

d. Coach No. (In case of Train):..........................................................................................................

5. Departure Details:
a. Mode of Departure:

Train

Air

Bus

b. Train/Flights No. & Name: ..

c. Scheduled Departure: Date ..

Time . am/pm

d. Coach No. (In case of Train):

6. Any other details:

..
..

____________
Signature of Speaker 1

_______________

________________

Signature of Speaker 2

Signature of Researcher

Note: All the participating teams are requested to send the scanned copy of the travel plan via
e-mail to sol.mootcourt@iuu.ac by 7th Oct, 2016.
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IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN

4th NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2016
October 13-15, 2016
Moot Proposition

1. Indiana is a federal republic country situated in south-east Asia along the equator. The country
gained freedom in 1957 after a long drawn struggle against a European nation which ruled the
country for almost two hundred years and established the common law system as is prevalent in the
other commonwealth countries. The Penal Code of Indiana was drafted way back in the 19 th century
and is in operation still today with some minor changes after the independence.

2. The Constituent Assembly of Indiana which was constituted prior to the independence drafted the
constitution of the country in 1960 which made Indiana a sovereign democratic&republic country as
per its preamble while the clauses of secular &socialist were added later by constitutional
amendment. The Indiana Constitution is acknowledged worldwide for the fundamental rights
guaranteed to its citizens.
3. Indiana is constituted of 24 states &5 union territories which are directly administered by the Central
Government. New Delporto is the capital of the state of Indiana and though it is also a Union
Territory but Delporto has been given a special status by virtue of which it has its own Government
although public order is maintained by the Home Ministry of the Union Government.
4. Delporto is an education hub of the country and student from across the country come to this city to
pursue various educational degrees and the city has some of the best colleges & universities of the
nation. One such university is Great Northern University (GNU) which has earned special reputation
through the years in the field of research and academic contributions. GNU has a very active culture
of student politics which sometimes turn violent as clashes between opposite ideological student
groups is very common.
5. Although there are a number of student unions in the university, but the Great Northern University
Students Union (GNUSU) is by far the largest of them all. The GNUSU has been winning the

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students council elections since the last 10 years at a stretch as a result of which the President of this
union always has a substantial influence among the other members of the union.
6. The GNUSU is a branch of the AISU (All Indiana Students Union), a left inclined organization
which has a traditional history of holding protests and student revolutions on various issues. In 2015
general elections were held in Indiana and the Indiana Peoples Party (IPP) came to power with a
huge mandate winning 270 of the 480 seats of the lower house of the Indiana Parliament. The
Indiana Peoples Party subscribes to right wing ideologies and for obvious reasons the GNUSU has
always been opposed to it politically. After coming to power, the IPP government embarked on an
economic reform mission which looked to liberalize the economy to bring more foreign investments.
These ideas did not go well with the GNUSU and as a result country wide protests were held by
them.
7. On June 8, 2016 a countrywide strike was called by the parent body of GNUSU and during the strike
a national highway was allegedly blocked by thesupporters of AISU in Utkal, anotherUnion
Territory in Indiana governed by the union government. The protestors were lathi charged by the
police and some of them were seriously injured and had to be admitted to the hospital. The protestors
claimed that they were just sitting peacefully on the road and that they were not given any warning
by the police before the lathi charge.
8. As soon as this news of lathi charge broke out through electronic and social media, violent protests
were held all across the country especially in Delporto. The GNUSU led the protest in capital city
and its presidentRamaiya Kumar became the face of the movement. One of the injured students,
Tomar Rashid filed a writ petition against the Union government claiming that his right to peaceful
assembly was infringed by the state and claimed adequate compensation for his injuries.
9. The movement gathered momentum and soon more students joined in. Political colours were also
added to the movement by the fiery speeches of the GNUSU leaders. On 16th of June, 2016 a rally
was organized in Delporto by GNUSU to show solidarity to the injured students of Utkal. Meanwhile
some posters were put up across the campus of GNU which claimed that the rally was also in
solidarity of the hanging of Chengiz Khan, who was hanged 3 years ago on the same date. All such
posters had the signature of Ramaiya Kumar.
10. Chengiz Khan was a separatist leader who was the main accused in a terrorist attack at the Indiana
Parliament back in 2006. He belonged to the northern most state of Mashkir, which has always been

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an issue of dispute with the neighboring nation of Paristan.Mashkir has been the centre of
controversy for decades as a separatist movement has been going on since 1960.
11. As the rally began, the protestors who were high in energy and enthusiasm began to shout slogans
against the so called dictatorship of the government and pledged to fight against the government
till the date. Some of the incidents of the rally were recorded by various news agencies. Although the
rally ended peacefully, some videos began to circulate in social media where it was seen that the
Ramaiya Kumar in his speech claimed that Tuba deserved to be independent and that they will seek
independence at any cost. This video became viral and soon the government arrested Ramaiya
Kumar late at night and slapped him with the charges of sedition.
12. The session court held Ramaiya guilty and sentenced him to one year of imprisonment. He filed an
appeal in the High Court of Delporto where his lawyer also challenged the constitutionality of the
provision of sedition and argued that it is a colonial provision and has no relevance in an independent
nation like Indiana. The Delporto High Court while upholding the order of the session court issued a
certificate under Article 134A stating that the case involved a substantial question of law which
should be decided by the Supreme Court.
13. The news of Ramaiya Kumars arrest soon became a nationwide topic of discussion and all the news
channels dived into this phenomena giving extensive coverage to the issue. Some of the news
channels repeatedly telecasted the speech of Ramaiya Kumar and sympathies began to pour in from
certain sections of political and intellectual class of the nation who were ideologically opposed to the
IPP. The Paristani Prime Minister also made a statement sympathizing with Ramaiya and passively
endorsed his views on Mashkir.
14. As the monsoon session began, the government by virtue of its majority made an amendment to the
Press Councils Act, 1978. Section 14A was incorporated into the act which read as:
Where, on receipt of a complaint made to it or otherwise, the Council has reason to believe that a
newspaper or news agency has offended against the sovereignty or integrity of the nation or national
interest or that an editor or working journalist has by their conduct either by written or orally tried
to manipulate public opinion against the sovereignty & integrity of the nation or against the elected
government, the Council may, after giving the newspaper, or news agency, the editor or journalist
concerned an opportunity of being heard, hold an inquiry in such manner as may be provided by
regulations made under this Act and, if it is satisfied that it is necessary so to do, it may, for reasons
to be recorded in writing, warn, , admonish, censure the newspaper, the news agency, the editor or
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the journalist, disapprove the conduct of the editor or the journalist as the case maybe or may
impose afine not exceeding Rs 10,00,000

15. As soon as the amendment was passed, a number of newspapers and news channels were censured
and some of them were also fined. One of them, Mr. Kamal Kapoor, who is the head of Indiana
24*7, an English news channel, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Indiana and challenged the
constitutionality of Section 14A of the Press Councils Act, 1978.

16. The Supreme Court of Indiana in the interest of justice clubbed the 3 matters given their inter
connection and listed them for final hearing.

Note: The Constitution, Press Councils Act & other laws of Indiana are pari materia with the
Constitution, Press Councils Act & other laws of India.

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