media trials

The Court has lambasted media trials which deflect the course of justice and asked the home ministry to prepare a manual in this regard. The media has increasingly invaded the judiciary’s domain by conducting parallel trials

The plea also wants media to not disclose statements of witnesses and all information related to the case. The plea says that only the investigation agency has that power.

The Court drew a distinction, however, saying contempt provisions come into being only when the media trials are on cases that are in court.

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking orders to restrain electronic and print media from broadcasting/publishing any material that may lead to a media trial, directly or indirectly hampering the investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre what steps it has taken after the court’s previous orders on a plea by actress Rakul Preet Singh.

The professionalism and ethics of the media are constantly brought into question when it takes sides in a case and pronounces the accused guilty even before the court begins trial