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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Media should know its Lakshman rekha: Court

Media should know its Lakshman rekha: Court

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published Published on May 3, 2012   modified Modified on May 3, 2012

–PTI

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the exercise undertaken by it for framing guidelines for reporting court proceedings was aimed at making the press know its “Lakshman rekha” and not intended for taking punitive action against scribes.

“Whatever efforts we are making, please don't interpret it as being intended for punishing or taking punitive action. We only want the press to know the ‘Lakshman rekha' for them.

“We want them to know what points have to be kept in mind,” a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice S. H. Kapadia said.

The Bench said the media should understand that the guidelines will have nothing to do with the punishment part. An exercise has been undertaken to make them know that they cannot go beyond a “particular limit.”

“This is the area we are exploring, and this court has to lay down the contours of Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. Please help us,” the Bench, also comprising justices D. K. Jain, S. S. Nijjar, Ranjana Prakash Desai, and J. S. Khehar, said.

The remarks were made by the Bench when advocate Ashok Arora, former Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association, was making a submission against the endeavour to frame any guidelines for media.

Instead, Mr. Arora, who was appearing for a lawyers' association, suggested that “knowledge of law alone isn't sufficient for administration of justice.”

He stretched his submission by saying that spiritual training and training of mind will help the judges, even if a spin is given by media on court proceedings. While Mr. Arora was making the submissions, the Bench had said “spin given to statements made in the courts” often troubled them.

The Hindu, 3 May, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3379206.ece


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