New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has been nominated as Chairperson of the Press Council of India on Friday.

New Delhi Nov 21 PTI The Press Association has said there is an impending crisis in the Press Council of India PCI as the government has not yet appointed its new chairman even as the extended term of the incumbent chairman expired on SundayIn a statement the journalists body said Justice retd C K Prasads three-year term as the chairman of the council expired in May but according to the PCI Act 1978 he continued to serve as the councils chairman for six more monthsThe Press Association expresses serious concern over the impending crisis in the Press Council of India as its new chairman has not been appointed though the extended term of the incumbent chairman Justice C K Prasad is expiring on Sunday it saidThe association said no provision in the PCI Act provides that the incumbent chairman can continue to hold the office after the expiry of his extended term till the new chairman is appointed and takes chargeThere is also no provision for any acting chairman and none from the council neither any member nor secretary can act as the chairman it saidWhile no meeting of the council can be held till a new chairman is appointed the council staff will also not be able to draw salary in the absence of the chairman the association saidThe journalists body said the provision in the PCI Act for an extension of the incumbent chairmans term by six months after the expiry of the three-year term is aimed at filling up the post in the interim periodBut It has not been done by the government of India so far the statement jointly issued by Press Association president Jaishankar Gupta and general secretary CK Nayak saidGupta is also a member of the councilThe association said the chairman of the council is appointed by a high-level committee comprising the chairman of the Rajya Sabha the speaker of the Lok Sabha and one of the elected representatives of the PCIThe committee headed by the Vice President is supposed to meet well before the deadline and select the next chairman But the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is out of the national capital till November 24 and there is no information about the meeting to the councils nominee for the meeting till date the journalists body said PTI PK RC

New Delhi Nov 17 PTI The Press Council of India PCI on Wednesday took cognizance of the arrest of two women journalists by the Tripura Police and called for the state governments comments on the matterChairman of the council Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has viewed it with grave concern the PCI said in a statementJournalists Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha from the HW News Network who came to Tripura to write on the recent communal incidents were detained by the Assam Police at Karimganjs Neelam Bazar close to the Assam-Tripura border on SundayLater they were brought to Tripura and formally arrested on Monday morning on charges of posting inflammatory and fake news on social mediaThe two were however released on bail later on MondayIt has come to the notice of the Press Council of India that Swarna Jha and Samridhi Sakunia journalists were arrested by Tripura Police over their reporting on the communal clashes in Tripura the PCI said in a statementPCI chairman Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has viewed it with grave concern and has taken suo-motu cognizance in the matter the council addedComments from the government of Tripura have been called through the chief secretary and the director general of police it said PTI PK IJT