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  • Dhillon among three women on Film Tribunal

    Dhillon among three women on Film Tribunal

    NEW DELHI: The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, which is the official body for appeals against decisions of the Central Board of Film Certification, has once again got more women members as compared to their male counterparts.

    Actress Poonam Dhillon, journalist-turned-politician Shazia Ilmi, lawyer Bina Gupta represent the women on the Tribunal, which has four members apart from the chairman. According to a list posted on the information and broadcasting ministry’s website, journalist Shekhar Iyer is the lone male member of the Tribunal.

    The FCAT is headed by former Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin, who was appointed chairman in November 2016. The post was earlier held by the retired Delhi High Court judge S K Mahajan, who passed away in September 2016.

    Justice Sarin, who was also the chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has a three-year tenure as head of the Tribunal.

  • Dhillon among three women on Film Tribunal

    Dhillon among three women on Film Tribunal

    NEW DELHI: The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, which is the official body for appeals against decisions of the Central Board of Film Certification, has once again got more women members as compared to their male counterparts.

    Actress Poonam Dhillon, journalist-turned-politician Shazia Ilmi, lawyer Bina Gupta represent the women on the Tribunal, which has four members apart from the chairman. According to a list posted on the information and broadcasting ministry’s website, journalist Shekhar Iyer is the lone male member of the Tribunal.

    The FCAT is headed by former Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin, who was appointed chairman in November 2016. The post was earlier held by the retired Delhi High Court judge S K Mahajan, who passed away in September 2016.

    Justice Sarin, who was also the chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has a three-year tenure as head of the Tribunal.

  • Delhi Lokayukta wants DAVP panel to certify circulation figures before giving govt. ads

    Delhi Lokayukta wants DAVP panel to certify circulation figures before giving govt. ads

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin has favoured setting up of a panel of Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity for empanelment as well as granting of government advertisements.

     

    The order by the Lokayukta came following a complaint that a local newspaper misrepresented facts about circulation figure in getting advertisement from government agencies and departments in Delhi.

     

    In his order, Justice Sarin particularly sought a thorough verification of circulation figures of newspapers, journals and magazines owned, edited and published by “public functionaries”.

     

    “Whenever a public functionary is the owner, editor, printer or publisher or otherwise has a substantial interest in the newspaper, journal, magazine, then the verification of circulation be made compulsory,” he said.

     

    “A committee of officers of DAVP be constituted for grant of empanelment subject to verification of circulation by Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI),” the Lokayukta said in the order.

     

    The complainant had alleged that a local newspaper has printed a few copies with a view to obtain advertisements from government departments.