The ordinance passed by the Rajasthan government restricted the media and prohibited an investigation against judicial officers and public servants without prior sanction. | Photo Credit: Rohit Jain Parasmore-inThe Editors Guild of India has asked the Rajasthan government to “withdraw the harmful ordinance” that bars the media from reporting on accusations against public servants, judges and magistrates without its sanction. The ordinance is a “pernicious instrument” to harass the media, the Guild said in a statement on Sunday night. It bars the media from reporting on such accusations till the sanction to proceed with the probe is given by the government. “The Guild requests the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to withdraw the harmful ordinance and prevent any Act from being passed that would endanger the freedom of the press,” it said.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2017 06:56 UTC