In the interest of maintaining public tranquility, the District Magistrate Srinagar has ordered for stopping the printing and publishing of a daily newspaper namely ‘Kashmir Reader’ till further orders. T
Invoking powers vested in the District Magistrate under Section 144 CrPC, read with Section 3 of Newspapers Incitement of Offences Act 1971 and Section D of Press and Publications Act 1989, the District Magistrate Srinagar has passed order of stopping the printing and publishing of daily newspaper the ‘Kashmir Reader’.
As per the orders of the District Magistrate Srinagar, the failure of compliance on the part of Printer and Publishers of the newspaper ‘Kashmir Reader’ shall attract further provisions of Section 3 of Section 3 of Newspapers Incitement of Offences Act 1971 Section D of Press and Publications Act 1989 which contains forfeiture of the printing press and other properties used for the purpose.
A copy of order issued by the District Magistrate Srinagar has been served upon the Chief Editor/Printer/Publisher of the daily ‘Kashmir Reader’ and also to the Printed Presses listed in the declaration authenticated by the office of District Magistrate Srinagar. The order was issued a week after notice served to Kashmir Reader to explain its position on a series of items published disturbing public tranquillity and notwithstanding the principles of rules governing the subject, said Farooq Ahmed Lone, District Magistrate, Srinagar, adding, “the decision was taken after a series of reports from various agencies and credible inputs providing sufficient ground for the decision taken”