law: Press Council Act, 1978
  5.Composition of the Council.-
  (1) The council shall consist of a chairman
  
  and twenty-eight other members.
  (2) The chairman shall be a person nominated
  
  by a Committee consisting of the chairman of the council of states (Rajya
  
  Sabha), the Speaker of the Houses of the People (Lok Sabha) and a person
  
  elected by the members of the council under sub-section (6) and the nomination
  
  so made shall take effect from the date on which it is notified by the Central
  
  Government in the Official Gazette.
  (3) of the other members-
  (a) thirteen shall be
  
  nominated in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed from among the
  
  working journalists, of whom six shall be editors of newspapers and the
  
  remaining seven shall be working journalists other than editors; so, however
  
  that the number of such editors and working journalists other than editors in
  
  relation newspapers published in Indian languages shall be not less than three
  
  and four respectively;
  (b) six shall be
  
  nominated in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed from among
  
  persons who own or carry on the business of management of newspapers, so,
  
  newspapers, so, however, that there shall be two representatives from each of
  
  the categories of big newspapers, medium newspapers and small newspapers;
  (c) One shall
  
  nominated in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed from among
  
  persons who manage news agencies;
  (d) three shall be
  
  persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of
  
  education and science, law and literature and culture of whom respectively one
  
  shall be nominated by the University Grants Commission one by the Bar council
  
  of India and one by the Sahitya Academy;
  (e) Five shall be
  
  members of Parliament of whom three shall be nominated by the speaker from
  
  among the members of the House of the People (Lok Sabha) and two shall be
  
  nominated by the chairman of the council of States (Rajya Sabha) from among its
  
  members:
  Provided that no working
  
  journalist who owns, or carries on the business of management of any newspaper
  
  shall eligible for nomination under clause (a):
  Provided further that the
  
  nominations under clause (a) and clause (b) shall be so made that among the
  
  persons nominated there is not more than one person interested in any newspaper
  
  or group of newspaper under the same control or management.
  Explanation- for the purposes of clause (b), a
  
  "newspaper" shall be deemed to be-
  (i) "big newspaper" if the total
  
  circulation of all its editions exceeds fifty thousand copies for each issue;
  (ii) :medium newspaper" of the total
  
  circulation of all its editions exceeds fifteen thousand copies but does not
  
  exceed fifty thousand copies for each issue;
  (iii) "small newspaper" of the total
  
  circulation of all its editions does not exceed fifteen thousand copies for
  
  each issue
  (4) Before making any nomination under clause
  
  (a) clause (b) or clause (c) sub-section (3) the Central Government in the case
  
  of the first council and the retiring chairman of the previous council in the
  
  case of any subsequent council shall, in the prescribed manner, invite panels
  
  of names comprising twice the number to be nominated from such associations of
  
  persons of the categories referred to in the said clause (a) clause (b) or
  
  clause (c) as may be notified in this behalf by the Central Government in the
  
  case of the first council and by the council itself in the case of subsequent
  
  councils:
  Provided that where there is no association of
  
  persons of the category referred to in the said clause (c) the panels of names
  
  shall be invited from such news agencies as may be notified as aforesaid.
  (5) The Central government shall notify the
  
  names of persons nominated as members under sub-section (3) in the Official
  
  Gazette and every such nomination shall take effect from the date on which it
  
  is notify.
  (6) The members of the council notified under
  
  sub-section (5) shall elect from among themselves in accordance with such
  
  procedure as may be prescribed, a person to be a member of the committee
  
  referred to in sub-section (2) and a meeting of the members of the council for
  
  the purpose of such election shall be prescribed over by a person chosen from
  
  among themselves.