NEWS CHANNELS GET AWAY WITH INCITEMENT: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday lamented that the central government appeared “blind” to the growing problem of some news channels inciting riots and violence, underscoring the need for a strong regulatory regime for a crackdown on violators.

“They (TV anchors) can shout anything, in any tenor. We don’t mind that. But we are concerned about broadcasts that can instigate people to riots and violence. There are situations which can take away lives of people and can lead to violence and destruction of public properties. We don’t know why you are blind to this problem,” the court told solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who was representing the Centre.