Court refuses to ban astrology-based TV shows :PTI The existing laws and regulation have proved totally inadequate to check all these superstitions, such as astrology, claims a public interet litigation filed in Delhi High Court. Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi The Delhi High Court has refused to prohibit astrology-based shows on television while saying it was not in its domain to prescribe what the programming code should be. A division bench of Chief #Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw, which was hearing a petition filed by NGO Sai Lok Kalyan Sanstha, said since there was already a regulatory mechanism in place, thus any direction in this regard is not required. “As far as #astrology is concerned, astrology/ zodiac/ #prediction/ forecast are to be found not only on television but also in the print and news media. Astrology is a subject being taught in the universities and is not confined to India alone.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 08:24:29 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015