: Media is running kangaroo courts, taking democracy backwards: Chief Justice NV Ramana #IndiaNEWS Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday said the media has of late been running kangaroo courts

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Media is running kangaroo courts, taking democracy backwards: Chief Justice NV Ramana #IndiaNEWS
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday said the media has of late been running kangaroo courts on issues that even experienced judges find difficult to decide, Bar and Bench reported.“Ill-informed and agenda-driven debates on issues involving justice delivery are proving to be detrimental to the health of democracy,� the chief justice said while addressing an event at Ranchi’s National University of Study and Research in Law. Ramana, who will retire next month, said that the media has breached its responsibility and is taking democracy two steps backwards. “Biased views being propagated by media are affecting the people, weakening democracy, and harming the system,� he said. “In this process, justice delivery gets adversely affected.�The chief justice also observed that the print media still had some degree of accountability, but the electronic media did not have any accountability as “what it shows vanishes into thin air�. He remarked that social media was even worse.Ramana said that the media should not “invite interference� from the government or courts by overstepping its boundaries. “Judges may not react immediately,� he said. “Please don’t mistake it to be weakness or helplessness.�It is best for media to self-regulate and “measure their words�, he added.Attacks on judgesAt Saturday’s function, the chief justice said that in recent days there had been...Read more

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