EDITORS GUILD OF INDIA vs PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 10.11.2025 % Judgment delivered on: 16.01.2026 W.P.(C) 16740/2024, CM APPL. 70857/2024 & CM APPL. 65259/2025 EDITORS GUILD OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Archit Krishna and Ms.Meherunnisa Anand Jaitley, Advs. versus PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG with Mr. T. Singhdev, Mr. Bhanu Gulati, Ms. Yamini Singh, Mr. Abhijit Chakravarty, Ms. Anum Hussain, Ms. R. Kaur, Ms. Akansha, Mr. S. Kumar, Mr. T. Srivastava, Mr. P. Rawat, Mr. Vedant Sood, Advs. for PCI CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, C.J. CHALLENGE 1. This petition invoking our jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed challenging the notification dated W.P.(C) 16740/2024 2. The petitioner has also challenged the report of the Scrutiny Committee dated 10.09.2024 whereby, its claim for nomination as an “association of persons” for the category referred to in Section 5(3)(a) of the Act, 1978 has been rejected. 3. The petitioner also seeks a direction to be issued to the respon