CJI inaugurates course for legal correspondents

With the increasing activism of the judiciary and the role of media in reporting the court proceedings, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishan has taken an initiative to make the legal correspondents aware of their responsibilities while performing their job.Justice Balakrishnan inaugurated a five-day free of cost residential programme. The programme was jointly organised by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) with the help of Press Council of India and Editors Guild of India. Fifty journalists from across the country have been selected to participate in it.The Chief Justice said the aim of the judiciary and the media is to improve the system but the latter should take care of the rights of the accused before passing any advance judgements. The media is doing a commendable job but rights of privacy should not be infringed by them. Media should take care to report the sub judice matters in such a manner as not to give an impression of a favouring any one side, he said. He emphasised the need of self regulation while reporting cases concerning security matters. Justice G N Ray, chairman of the Press Council said media and judiciary are the natural allies and have stood side by side and complimented each other. Upholding the freedom of Press as supreme, he said,’ the Constitution has given us freedom of speech under Article 19(a) but the Supreme Court has widened the scope to freedom of Press.’ Referring to the many instances when Courts have upheld the Freedom of Press, he said this Course will enable both media and the judiciary to understand each other better.UNI

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