[icernet] Indian press vulnerable despite guarantees: Ram

[Arul Selvan]

  N. Ram, editor, Frontline, has said that the press in India is 
vulnerable despite the freedoms and protection it derived from the 
Constitution. Inaugurating the observances to mark the death centenary 
of journalist and freedom fighter, Barrister G. P. Pillai, organised by 
the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) here this evening, Mr. 
Ram said experience showed that newspapers had to face defamation 
charges and privilege proceedings when they tried to play their part as 
socially responsible institutions. The stress appeared to be more on the 
conditions upon which the Constitutional guaranteed freedom to the press 
than to the guarantees themselves, he said.

Source:
http://hinduonnet.com/2003/05/29/stories/2003052905580400.htm