02 December 2008

Vishal Dadlani to file a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) against television news channels

Music composer Vishal Dadlani will soon file a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) against television news channels that showed the movements of the armed forces live to the terrorists on national television for three days during the attacks.

"It is undoubtedly known that channels did a good job of keeping the viewers clued in with the latest happenings but there has to be some code of conduct when it comes to military or anti-terrorist operations," believes Dadlani.

"The information like the marine commandos landing on the roof top or our three police officers going to Cama hospital was highly classified information and should not have been shown live on national television. It is really disheartening that our news channels are risking the lives of our soldiers and fighters for the sake of a few TRPs," says an angry Dadlani. 

People wanting to express their support to the petition can log in and add their name in support for the cause on smallchange.in. "Once the number of supporters turns in a few hundred or thousands in a few days, I would approach the court to take the necessary legal action. It is completely unacceptable that this information is available for the terrorists and the court must issue some rules for live footage." 

"The court should enforce some laws that have to be strictly adhered by the news channels and the defaulters must be further penalised."

Social networking sites like Facebook and Orkut are overflowing with support for the cause. Dadlani declares, "These networking sites are instrumental in reaching out to people to support me for this cause. I hope to get as many people as possible to join my voice in their campaign."

Some of the people from the music industry to raise their voice are musician Priya Darshini, singer Sowmya Raoh among others