The Andhra govt. to take legal action against media outlets

  • The Andhra govt. has reportedly empowered departmental secretaries to take legal action against media outlets.
     
  • Govt. is going to sue them for defamation, if they carried 'baseless' reports with ‘malafide' intention.
     
  • The state cabinet is said to have accepted the proposal presented by the I&PR Minister Perni Venkatramaiah. 
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  • The state government is planning to do so, by citing a Government Order dated 2007.
     
  • The state may now extend that same power to all secretary-rank officials.

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