The body that governs the conduct of the print media in the country is CALLED press council. It is very important as it has the highest power with respect to the media to ensure the democracy of media covering the right to SPEECH and the right to information in ORDER for media to give out different VIEWS on various aspects of a society. Another role of the council is to maintain a limit to the print media by practicing media law so as to ensure that it does not offend or hurt cultural or religious sentiments of people. The Press council helps the CURRENT scenario of media as the freedom of speech often leads to cases of defamation. To tap such issues in current trends of media the press council plays a major role.

The body that governs the conduct of the print media in the country is called press council. It is very important as it has the highest power with respect to the media to ensure the democracy of media covering the right to speech and the right to information in order for media to give out different views on various aspects of a society. Another role of the council is to maintain a limit to the print media by practicing media law so as to ensure that it does not offend or hurt cultural or religious sentiments of people. The Press council helps the current scenario of media as the freedom of speech often leads to cases of defamation. To tap such issues in current trends of media the press council plays a major role.