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HC for accredited journalists to cover court proceedings
New Delhi, Nov 11: Concerned over misreporting about judges` conduct and court proceedings by the media, the Delhi High Court today sought to introduce a system of accredited journalists for covering court matters, as being followed in the Supreme Court.
New Delhi, Nov 11: Concerned over misreporting about judges' conduct and court proceedings by the media, the Delhi High Court today sought to introduce a system of accredited journalists for covering court matters, as being followed in the Supreme Court.
A division bench of Justice Usha Mehra and Justice
Pradeep Nandrajog asked the Registrar General to consider
laying down a procedure for accreditation of correspondents to
cover the proceedings of the High Court as also the lower
courts.
"Reporting on courts or about courts should be entrusted to correspondents having expertise and knowledge of court procedures," the bench said.
The observation came on a case of misreporting by the 'Asian Age' concerning a sitting judge and an advocate in which the newspaper's editor-in-chief, managing editor, printer and publisher and the reporter concerned were held guilty of contempt of court.
The media persons, who published an unconditional apology on the front page on the newspaper, were imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each.
However, the bench said the trial proceedings against advocate Mohan Murti Shandilya, who allegedly provided false information to the reporter concerned, would continue as he has neither expressed any regret nor tendered any apology.
"Reporting on courts or about courts should be entrusted to correspondents having expertise and knowledge of court procedures," the bench said.
The observation came on a case of misreporting by the 'Asian Age' concerning a sitting judge and an advocate in which the newspaper's editor-in-chief, managing editor, printer and publisher and the reporter concerned were held guilty of contempt of court.
The media persons, who published an unconditional apology on the front page on the newspaper, were imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each.
However, the bench said the trial proceedings against advocate Mohan Murti Shandilya, who allegedly provided false information to the reporter concerned, would continue as he has neither expressed any regret nor tendered any apology.
Bureau Report