New Delhi:

India’s Chief Justice NV Ramana on Saturday delivered searing criticism of the digital and social media, saying they have been doing a disservice to democracy.

This is what he mentioned:

• There are concerted campaigns in social media towards judges
• Judges could not react instantly. Please do not mistake it to be a weak point or helplessness.
• Slams digital media, social media; criticises media trials
• New media instruments have monumental amplifying capability however seem like incapable of distinguishing between the precise and the fallacious, the great and the unhealthy and the true and the faux
• Media trials can’t be a guiding consider deciding circumstances.
• We see the media working kangaroo courts, at instances on points even skilled judges discover troublesome to determine
• Sick-informed and agenda pushed debates on points involving justice supply are proving to be detrimental to the well being of democracy
• Biased views being propagated by media are affecting the folks, weakening democracy, and harming the system
• On this course of, justice supply will get adversely affected
• By overstepping and breaching your duty, you’re taking our democracy two steps backwards
• Print media nonetheless has sure diploma of accountability
• Whereas, digital media has zero accountability as what it reveals vanishes into skinny 12 months
• Nonetheless worse is social media.
• CJI urges media to self-regulate
• It’s best for the media to self-regulate and measure their phrases
• I urge digital and social media to behave responsibly
• Digital media ought to slightly use their voice to teach folks and energise nation