Gauhati HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Assam Govt.'s Exclusion Of 'Online Media' From List Of Beneficiaries For Media Fellowship Programme [Read Order]
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Gauhati HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Assam Govt.'s Exclusion Of 'Online Media' From List Of Beneficiaries For Media Fellowship Programme [Read Order]

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The Gauhati High Court has issued notice to the Assam government over the exclusion of online media from its ''Media Fellowship'' for 2020-21, stating that the selection of candidates shall be subject to further orders. Justice Suman Shyam was hearing a petition by senior journalist Anirban Roy, aggrieved by the notification dated 18.09.2020 issued by the Government of Assam dropping the category of "Online Media " from the list of beneficiaries for being conferred with fellowship. The aforesaid corrigendum of 18.9.2020, issued by the Information and Public Relations Department, reads as: "The Governor of Assam is pleased to keep in abeyance the term "online media" from the Para-2 under the eligibility criteria of the Media Fellowship Guidelines issued vide the OM as the "Online Media " has not yet been brought under the purview of the existing Advertising Policy. In Para-2 of the Eligibility Criteria for the Media Fellowship mentioned in the Guidelines issued vide the said OM, it was stated that "The Fellowship is open to all mainstream Media Journalists of Assam including freelancers from Print, Electronic, Online Media and News Agencies" Before the Single Judge, the counsel for the petitioner argued that the ground cited in the impugned notification dated 18.09.2020 is "fallacious and therefore, has a vitiating affect on the impugned notification itself".

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