 bill no 26 of  2016 the code of criminal procedure (amendment) bill, 2016 byshri dushyant chautala, mp a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—2 of 1974amendment of section 2602  in the code of criminal procedure, 1973, in section 260, sub-section (1), after clause (v), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(va) offences under sections 499 and 500 of the indian penal code (45 of 1860)provided the offence of defamation is alleged to have been committed by either a newspaper or a cable operator or both545 of 1955 7 of 1995explanation— the expressions "newspaper" and "cable operator" shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in "the working journalists and other newspaper employees (conditions of service) and miscellaneous provisions act, 1955 and the cable television networks (regulation) act, 1995, respectively" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsit has been observed that instances of publishing defamatory statements by newspaper, media and publishing houses have increased considerably due to two main reasons, first being lack of responsible attitude and the second being cases of publications created by social media thus, cases of defamation have been increasing day by dayany person who files a criminal complaint for defamation against any media or publishing house has to go through the whole lengthy procedure as given in the code of criminal procedure and due to this restoration of reputation becomes a time taking and impossible tasktherefore, the amendment is needed to put the offence of defamation especially when the accused is media  or publishing house within the ambit of section 260 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973 which deals with summary trials and wherein the court has been vested with the power to try offences in a speedy mannerhence this billnew delhi;dushyant chautalafebruary 11, 2016———— a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973————(shri dushyant chautala, mp)gmgipmrnd—4267ls(s3)—26022016