“The problem is, everything in this country is shown with a communal angle by a section of the media. That is the problem. The country is going to get a bad name ultimately,” said chief Justice NV Ramana.
While hearing a case against the media reports on the Tablighi Jamaat gathering last year in Delhi. It was blamed for a spike in Covid cases in the first few months of the pandemic.
However, the court noted that news shown by a section of the media had a communal tone, which it said could bring a bad name to the country.
The Supreme Court made stinging remarks and said that web portals only listen to powerful voices and write anything against judges or institutions.
Furthermore, naming YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, the Supreme court said, “Web portals have no accountability”.
“The Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the government said, “Not only communal but also planted stories. These portals can even put fake news”.
The court was very critical about web portals.
“Web portals only listen to powerful voice and write anything against judges, institutions without any accountability. Web portal only worry about powerful men and not judges, institution or common people. That is our experience,” the court said.
