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Behave,
Supreme Court tells media
Tuesday December 14, 2010 08:55:25 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Supreme Court Monday cautioned the media not to distort the
judicial proceedings and not to tarnish the image of people by
crossing the 'Lakshman Rekha'.
"Don't take the proceedings very lightly," the apex court bench of
Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said.
They made the remarks at the start of the hearing of a petition by
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata seeking to restrain the media from
publishing the intercepted telephonic tapes of lobbyist Nira Radia.
The court took strong exception to the manner in which the media
reported the court proceedings in the 2G spectrum case and in
other matters.
The court said the way media reporting was tarnishing the image of
people. The media should not cross the 'Lakshman Rekha', the
judges said.
The court said all its queries in the course of proceedings were
by the way of seeking clarifications and in no way were definitive
observations. It is yet to give the final word in the matter, the
judges said.
The court said while the media played the role of watchdog of
democracy, it was crossing limits every day.
The court warned that if mediapersons did not understand the
message being conveyed to them, they would be doing so at their
own peril.
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