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The Supreme Court said- ordering action against the media is not the duty of the court.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition against news agency ANI in the Delhi High Court. The court told Delhi HC- The court cannot tell the media to remove it and remove it.
The court said, ‘Both the judiciary and the media are pillars of democracy, which is the basic feature of the Constitution. To flourish the democracy, both must complement each other. ‘
Actually, the case is related to the defamation case of ANI and Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia made public the information about the case on Wikipedia. During the hearing, the Supreme Court said that this information should be removed from Wikipedia.
The entire matter began when the news agency ANI filed a defamation case against the Wikimedia Foundation, an organization running Wikipedia. The Delhi High Court first ruled in favor of ANI and ordered to remove some objectionable things from Wikipedia.
During the hearing, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuiyan said-
The removal of such information or report from Wikipedia without any concrete reason is not the court’s job, especially when it is about public discussion and fairness. There should be a strong debate about improvement in any system including the judiciary.
Court said- Both judiciary and media pillars of democracy
Justice Bhuiyan said- Courts are open and public organizations, so they should always be ready for people’s comments, debates and criticisms. People and media should openly discuss every important issue, even if the matter is going on in the court itself.
The news of stopping the news has to be proved
The Supreme Court quashed the order of the Delhi High Court, saying that the court can stop reporting in some cases, but this should be done only when there is a major obstruction in the way of justice.
The court said- If a person wants any news to be stopped, then he will have to prove that the news going on in the court may have a wrong effect.
Reporting in such cases should be banned only when it is proved that it threatens the fairness of hearing. And that restriction should also be imposed for a short time and only in special cases.
The court also said that the media has every right to challenge such banning orders.
Finally, the court made it clear that stopping reporting is not a punishment, but it is a step taken as caution.
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