Broadcasting Commission cannot regulate way in which Supreme Court is addressed
20 Mar 2014, 7:27 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has told the Supreme Court that asking media to write the names of persons in a specific way is against international best practice.
The commission’s letter was sent to the Supreme Court on Sunday (March 16) in response to a court request for MBC to enforce strict rules on how Supreme Court judges must be addressed in the media.
It was also pointed out to the court that the commission is mandated with regulating broadcast media alone.
MBC claims to have received a letter suggesting that the court’s justices were being addressed in ways other than how they should be, requesting that the commission inform all media outlets on the appropriate manner in which to write the names of the Supreme Court bench.
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