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Editor and newspaper

Editor and newspaper, have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 and the expression 'working journalist' has the meaning assigned to it in the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscella-neous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955). [Press Council Act, 1978 (37 of 1978), s. 2 (e)]...


Working journalist

Working journalist, an ex-employee would be a 'working journalist'. It is clear that the definitions of a 'newspaper employee' and a 'working journalist' have to be construed in the light of and subject to the context requiring otherwise, Bennett Coleman and Co. (P) Ltd. v. Punya Priya Das Gupta, AIR 1970 SC 426: (1969) 2 SCC 1: (1970) 1 SCR 181. [Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955, s. 2(f)]Working journalist, means a person whose principal avocation is that of a journalist and who is employed as such in, or in relation to, any newspaper establishment, and includes an editor, a leader-writer, news editor, sub-editor, feature-writer, copy tester, reporter, correspondent, cartoonist, news-photographers and proof reader. An editor is expressly included in this definition, Management of Rashtradoot v. Rajasthan Working Journalist Union, (1971) 3 SCC 96. [Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditio...


Publication of Bills and Reports

Publication of Bills and Reports, the Editor of a newspaper cannot claim a right to publish those portions of speech of Parliament which have been directed to be expunged by the Speaker, Sharma v. Krishna, AIR 1960 SC 1960....


Editor

Editor, The term 'editor' is defined in the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 to mean a person who controls the selection of the matter that is published in a newspaper, State of Maharashtra v. Dr. R.B. Chawdhari, AIR 1968 SC 110: (1967) 3 SCR 708.'Editor' means the person who controls the selection of the matter that is published in a newspaper, Mohd Koya v. Muthu Koya, AIR 1979 SC 154 (159). [Press and Registration of Books Act, (25 of 1867),s. (1)(a)]Editor means the person who controls the selection of the matter that is published in a newspaper. [Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867), s. 1(1)]...


managing editor

The editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine...


Editor

One who edits esp a person who prepares superintends revises and corrects a book magazine or newspaper etc for publication...


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