Jail term for Indian scribes
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The Delhi High Court today sentenced four senior journalists of Mid-Day newspaper to four months of imprisonment for contempt of court for writing and publishing reports against former Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal.
The Division Bench comprising Justice R S Sodhi and Justice B N Chaturvedi said, the four contemnors had “tarnished the image of the Highest Court” and the “sentence of four months’ imprisonment would serve the justice.” M K Tayal, the newspaper Editor, S K Akhtar, the then publisher, Vitusha Oberoi, Resident Editor and Irfaan Khan, cartoonist, were released on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each. Read full coverage at Hindustan Times Mint NDTV |
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"Jail Term for the Scribes."Author:
santakar chelapila
Time: 22.09.2007 07:06
Comment: Being a common man I donot know the complications of the rules and regulations protecting the judicial system from being attacked .Hence I am not in a position to comment on whether the decision to punish the scribes was appropriate . But if investigation too could be initiated into the alegations made by them! Everyone is human being here and the basic instinct to take the advantage of that little extra could hardly be resisted . This would perhaps raise the faith of common man on the judicial system in the country . Could anyone provide us the list of limitations of journalists while writing on the judicial system . If this much written here goes against the limits for the journalists , I beg apology beofrehand.
with regards Santakar Journalist |
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