THE EDITORS GUILD OF INDIA ANNOUNCED LEGAL ADVISORY PANEL

GG NEWS BUREAU

New Dehi.25th Nov.

The Editors Guild of India is pleased to announce a Legal Advisory Panel that will advise and work with the Guild on important issues pertaining to press freedom. The panel will help the Guild craft responses to the complex web of civil and criminal laws that are used by authorities to suppress media freedom.

The panel includes:

1. Mr. Kapil Sibal
2. Mr. Shyam Divan
3. Mr. Rajiv Nayar
4. Mr. Sanjay Hegde
5. Ms. Maneka Guruswamy
6. Mr. Prashant Kumar
7. Ms. Shahrukh Alam

The panel will be expanded in the coming days to include more members of the legal fraternity from across different states, who have worked in the realm of freedom of expression and media related issues.