| alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj): Jan 20 11:27PM SHAJI N KARUN QUITS CENSOR BOARD, FAULTS ITS FUNCTIONING PTI The Pioneer http://www.dailypioneer.com Saturday, January 17, 2015 Thiruvananthapuram - After Leela Samson and fellow member Ira Bhaskar, eminent filmmaker Shaji N Karun has resigned as member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) pledging solidarity with them and expressing "gross dissatisfaction" at the functioning of the body. Karun, who mailed his resignation to Samson last evening, said he was quitting not just over the issue of clearance to the controversial film "Messenger of God" but mainly because of the "constitutional and organisational" failure of the CBFC for some time. Continues at: http://www.dailypioneer.com/top-stories/shaji-n-karun-quits-censor-board-faults-its-functioning.html Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi Om Shanti http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj |
| alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj): Jan 20 11:18PM GOVT HITS BACK, ACCUSES CENSOR CHIEF OF POLITICIZING THE ISSUE OF RESIGNATION PTI The Pioneer http://www.dailypioneer.com Saturday, January 17, 2015 New Delhi - Hitting back, government today accused Censor Board chief Leela Samson and its other members, appointed by the previous UPA government, of politicising the issue of their resignation and termed her being as "non- functional." Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley charged Samson with being "non-functional" as she herself has said no meetings of the Board took place and cited unused Board funds returned to the Ministry. "It is regrettable that the UPA appointees have decided to politicise routine issues," he said in an article "Rebels Without a Cause" posted on Facebook on the controversy over resignation of Samson and some other Censor Board members over clearance to Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's film "Messenger of God". Referring to Samson's allegation that Censor Board meetings were not held regularly, Jaitley said "the charge that meetings of the Censor Board are not being held is a self condemnation. "The meetings are to be convened not by the Minister or the Secretary but by the Chairperson. If the meetings are not being convened, it is for those responsible for non-functioning who must blame themselves," he said. On corruption, he said "if there is any corruption, the UPA appointees have themselves to blame. I only wished that the fact of corruption had been communicated even once by the Chairperson of the Censor Board to me. The non-functional Chairperson never did so." "I have not met or spoken to any member of the Censor Board nor authorised anyone to do the same," he said. He also said neither he nor his junior minister Rajyavardhan Rathore or any bureaucrat has ever communicated with any member of the Censor Board and that outgoing UPA appointees in the Board never raised the issue of corruption with him. Jaitley said "the NDA government maintains arms length distance in all matters relating to film certification." Accusing Congress of politicising the issue, he said that in 2004 the government had dismissed the then Censor Board headed by eminent actor Anupam Kher merely on the ground that he was appointed by the earlier government. "The UPA government had politicised the Censor Board...We did not wish to do that. Putting forth the legal position on the controversy, Jaitley said it is the Censor Board alone which decides on issues within its jurisdiction but an aggrieved producer has the right to move the Appeal Tribunal and if the latter disagrees with the Board, "it is part of the due process of law and not an onslaught on the Board's autonomy". "Can a subordinate judicial authority ever cry foul if its decision is upset by an appellate authority?," he said. http://www.dailypioneer.com/top-stories/govt-hits-back-accuses-censor-chief-of-politicizing-the-issue-of-resignation.html More at: The Pioneer http://www.dailypioneer.com Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi Om Shanti http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj o o o o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article. FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Since newsgroup posts are being removed by forgery by one or more net terrorists, this post may be reposted several times. |
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