Choking Freedom of Press: The Death of Mainstream Media in 2020
Over the past few years, mainstream media has given to itself the right to investigate, adjudicate and pronounce verdict over high-profile cases. In 2020, the Sushant Singh Rajput death took a vile turn as the media crossed all bounds, conducting a parallel trial and a witchhunt of the accused. Yashdeep Lakra analyses this trial by media, questioning, what it does to the dispensation of justice and the rights of the accused?
Constitutionality of Media Trials in India: A Detailed Analysis
Media plays a vital role in moulding the opinion of the society and it is capable of changing the whole viewpoint through which people perceive various events. Heinous crimes must be condemned and the media would be justified in calling for the perpetrators to be punished in accordance with the law. However, the media cannot usurp the functions of the judiciary and deviate from objective and unbiased reporting. While a media shackled by government regulations is unhealthy for democracy, the implications of continued unaccountability are even more damaging. Steps need to be taken in order to prevent media trials from eroding the civil rights of citizens, whereby the media have a clearer definition of their rights and duties, and the courts are given the power to punish those who flagrantly disregard them.
Media trial: freedom of speech v. fair trial
Shabnam Saidalavi, School of Legal Studies, Cochin Editor’s note: Freedom of expression is a fundamental right that goes to the very heart of individual identity
Fair Trial, Judiciary and Media: Need for Balance
By A Gowri Nair & Saipooja, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT “Editor’s Note: The media is regarded as the fourth pillar of any democracy. An
Making CPC effective & justice oriented
Prakhar Maheshwari, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Editor’s note: A uniform civil code was introduced in 1859, prior to which there existed several
Criminal Procedure In India
Dipti Khatri, UPES Dehradoon Editor’s Note: This project essentially seeks to analyze the criminal procedure in India with a brief analysis of case laws. 1.
Concept Of a Fair Trial
By Swati Duggal, Punjab University Editor’s Note: Fair trial is an integral part of Article 21 of the Constitution and rests on the basic principle of