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Journalists must know their limits: Apex court
Thursday April 26, 2012 08:23:59 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
Supreme Court Thursday said it wanted journalists to know their
limits in reporting court proceedings even as the central
government favoured framing of guidelines for the media, claiming
that the right to freedom of speech and expression was for the
benefit of people and not the press.
Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said that in the act of balancing the
constitution's Article 19(1)(a) (right to freedom of speech and
expression) with Article 21 (right of life and accused's right to
fair trial) "we are limiting both. We can't go beyond an extent".
The court said that "We want the journalists to know their
limitations" and added that it was not for stringent provisions.
"We are not for journalists going to jail."
Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising told the constitution
bench of Chief Justice Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S.
Nijjar, Justice R.P. Desai and Justice J.S. Khehar that the
"freedom of speech is not for the benefit of the press but for the
benefit of public".
The court was hearing an application by the Sahara India Real
Estate Corp voicing its grievance over a news channel reporting
its proposal made to the Securities and Exchange Board of India on
securing the money it mopped up from the market.
The court earlier said that it would frame guidelines for
reporting on sub-judice matters.
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