law: Press Council Act, 1978
  14.Power to censure.-
  (1) where on receipt of a complaint made to it
  
  or otherwise, the Council has reason believe that a newspaper or news agency has
  
  offended against the standards or journalist ethics or public taste or that an
  
  editor or a working journalist has committed any professional; misconduct, the
  
  council may, after giving the newspaper, or news agency, the editor or
  
  journalist concerned an opportunity of being heard, hold an inquiry in such
  
  Annett as may be provided by regulations made under this Act and, if it is
  
  satisfied that it is necessary so to do, it may, for reasons to be recorded in
  
  writing, warn, admonish or censure the newspaper, the news agency, the editor
  
  or the journalist or disapprove the conduct of the editor or the journalist, as
  
  the case may be:
  Provided that the council may not take
  
  cognizance of a compliant of in the opinion of the chairman there is no
  
  sufficient ground for holding an inquiry.
  (2) If the council is of the opinion that it
  
  is necessary or expedient in the public interest so to do, it may require any
  
  newspapers to publish therein in such manner as the council thinks, fir any
  
  particulars relating to any inquiry under this section against a newspaper or
  
  news agency, an editor or a journalist working therein, including the name of
  
  such newspaper, news agency, editor or journalist.
  (3) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed
  
  to empower the council to hold an inquiry into any matter in respect of which
  
  any proceeding is pending in a court of law.
  (4) the decision of the council under
  
  sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) as the case may be shall be final and shall
  
  not be questioned in any court of law.