Press Council rejects complaint against BS journalist

The respondents denied the allegations with supporting documents running into hundreds of pages

The Press Council of India (PCI) has dismissed a complaint by Financial Technologies India (FTIL, now 63 Moons Technologies) and its founder Jignesh Shah against a Business Standard  (BS) journalist. 

In an order dated June 21, it was held that “The Press Council on consideration of records of the case and report of the inquiry committee accepts reasons, findings and adopts the report of the committee and dismisses the complaint.”

In March 2016, FTIL and Shah moved the press watchdog alleging that BS Associate Editor N Sundaresha Subramanian had published factually inaccurate, biased and prejudiced news items against the complainants. Taking objection