<p>The News Broadcasters Association has asked the Supreme Court to pass an order making its programme code as part of statutory framework and the orders passed by its independent self-regulatory mechanism binding and enforceable on all news channels.</p>.<p>The organisation sought recognition to its independent self regulatory mechanism, applied through News Broadcasting Standard Authority, headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice A K Sikri, to all news channels.</p>.<p>"Amenability to NBSA mechanism should be made a term of uplinking and downlinking permission for news channels as not all broadcasters come within its jurisdiction," the association.</p>.<p>The response was filed by Annie Joseph, secretary general of NBA in a petition filed by advocate Firoz Iqbal Khan against a programme telecast by Sudarshan TV on alleged infiltration of Muslims into the UPSC.</p>.<p>The court had on September 18 asked the NBA to give suggestions as to how the self-regulatory mechanism of the NBSA could be strengthened and made more effective in respect of electronic media.</p>.<p>In its suggestion, the association said, "the NBA code of ethics should be included under Rule 6 of the Programme Code of the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to make it binding on all news broadcasters, irrespective of the membership."</p>.<p>The recognition to the NBSA would strengthen the News Broadcasting Standard Regulations and the penalties mentioned therein could be made more stringent, it said.</p>
<p>The News Broadcasters Association has asked the Supreme Court to pass an order making its programme code as part of statutory framework and the orders passed by its independent self-regulatory mechanism binding and enforceable on all news channels.</p>.<p>The organisation sought recognition to its independent self regulatory mechanism, applied through News Broadcasting Standard Authority, headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice A K Sikri, to all news channels.</p>.<p>"Amenability to NBSA mechanism should be made a term of uplinking and downlinking permission for news channels as not all broadcasters come within its jurisdiction," the association.</p>.<p>The response was filed by Annie Joseph, secretary general of NBA in a petition filed by advocate Firoz Iqbal Khan against a programme telecast by Sudarshan TV on alleged infiltration of Muslims into the UPSC.</p>.<p>The court had on September 18 asked the NBA to give suggestions as to how the self-regulatory mechanism of the NBSA could be strengthened and made more effective in respect of electronic media.</p>.<p>In its suggestion, the association said, "the NBA code of ethics should be included under Rule 6 of the Programme Code of the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to make it binding on all news broadcasters, irrespective of the membership."</p>.<p>The recognition to the NBSA would strengthen the News Broadcasting Standard Regulations and the penalties mentioned therein could be made more stringent, it said.</p>
