Editors Guild asks Rajasthan govt to withdraw harmful ordinance; PIL filed

The bill bars media from reporting on accusations against public servants, judges and magistrates without its sanction

The 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.

A lawyer filed a public interest litigation in the Rajasthan high court on Monday morning against the bill, reported Hindstan Times.

The ordinance is a "pernicious instrument" to harass the media, the Guild said in a statement last night.

"The ordinance promulgated by the state government last month was ostensibly done to protect the judiciary and the bureaucracy against false FIRs.

"But in reality it