In November 2016 NDTV India faced a ban for a day. Under which Act that action was initiated ?
Cable TV Network (Regulation) Act
In November 2016 the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ordered the Hindi news channel NDTV India to go off air for 24 hours over its coverage of the January 2016 Pathankot airbase attack.
The order was issued by an inter-ministerial committee under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, for violating the Programme Code in Rule 6(1)(p) of the Cable Television Networks Rules, which bars live coverage of anti-terror operations beyond official briefings.
The Official Secrets Act, 1923 deals with espionage and the leaking of classified government information; it does not empower the government to take a channel off air.
Freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution, not an Act under which a ban can be imposed; the channel in fact invoked this right while challenging the order.
Sedition is an offence under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, not a separate Act, and it was not invoked against the channel.
Hence, Cable TV Network (Regulation) Act.
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