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Judiciary exchanges ideas with media

When the third estate met the fourth, some sparks were expected to fly. At a workshop conducted for reporting of court proceedings at the Bombay High Court

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When the third estate met the fourth, some sparks were expected to fly. At a workshop conducted for reporting of court proceedings at the Bombay High Court on Sunday, eminent members of the judiciary and the media exchanged some ideas.

At the inaugural address of the session, chief justice KG Balakrishnan said that journalism, especially in the field of crime, must not encroach upon people’s right to privacy and give a person the right to a fair trial.

Justice Bilal Nazki of the Bombay HC said as judges they swear to deliver justice not by fear or favour. “Not by favour, I understood, but fear I came to know only after the TV boom,” he said. He attributed the formation of public perception of an accused as guilty to media reports. He said that a judge would fear acquitting an accused who is already declared guilty by millions of people watching TV.

TV journalist Arnab Goswami, however, defended the media and said that news reporting was not about ribbon-cutting ministers anymore. He said that if the media was reminding the investigating agencies or prodding the officers to take action, it was fully justified in doing that.

Justice Arijit Pasayat of Supreme Court said soon the Supreme Court would appoint a Press Relations Officer, so that information becomes easily accessible to reporters.
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