Section 8C of the Press & Registration of Books Act, 1867 entrusts to the Press Council of India, the Appellate Jurisdiction over the magisterial Orders of non-authentication of a declaration under Section 6 or its subsequent cancellation under Section 8B of the said Act. The Board consist of a Chairman and another member to be nominated by the Press Council of India from among its members.

The two benches Board comprising of the Hon’ble Chairman with Shri Jai Shankar Gupta and Shri Gurinder Singh.