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Ayodhya verdict:
No media in court room
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 08:32:10 AM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, which is scheduled
to announce its verdict in the long-pending Babri Masjid-Ram
Janmabhoomi dispute Friday, has issued guidelines for the media -
keeping it away from the court on the judgement day and asking it
to maintain restraint.
According to the guidelines issued Tuesday, it has disallowed
entry of media into the court room, which was stated to be not big
enough to accommodate a large number of people, but has taken
certain measures to ensure that copies of the judgement are made
available to the media within minutes of its pronouncement.
The direction came in a public interest lawsuit, moved by a local
lawyer Prince Lenin, who sought a restraint order against
reporting of the verdict by the media.
However, the bench comprising Chief Justice F.I. Rebello and
Justice Pradeep Kant felt that it was not fair in a democracy to
even think of barring the media from disseminating the news
relating to the judgment.
But they emphasised on the need for media to observe utmost
restraint in disseminating correct information, without allowing
it to get coloured by personal prejudices and any other extraneous
factors.
“Democracy survives if people are given a right to express their
views. At the same time we are aware that news, if not properly
disseminated, or improperly made, is likely to impair the unity
and integrity of this nation,” the court observed.
Praising the resolution passed by the National Broadcasting
Association - a representative body of all Indian TV channels -
with respect to the coverage of the awaited verdict, the court
urged the media to observe self-discipline by strictly adhering to
the association’s guidelines.
The association said the Ayodhya issue is one such matter in which
extra care is necessary to ensure that the telecast of any news
relating to it should not be sensational, inflammatory or be
provocative.
The resolution said that all news relating to the high court
judgment in the case should be “verbatim reproduction of the
relevant part of the said judgment uninfluenced by any opinion or
interpretation”.
“No broadcast should be made of any speculation of the judgment
before it is pronounced and of its likely consequence thereafter
which may be sensational, inflammatory or provocative.”
“No footage of the demolition of the Babri Masjid is to be shown
in any news item relating to the judgment. No visuals need be
shown depicting celebration or protest of the judgment. In view of
the sensitivity of news reporting on this issue, extra care should
be taken to ensure accuracy by vetting & clearance at the highest
editorial level…,” it added.
The judges said: “This court will not take any steps to muzzle the
freedom of the press or TV channels but is assured in view of
their self-imposed restraint that they will abide by the
resolution.”
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