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Supreme Court Slams Gag Orders- The Supreme Court, while emphasizing freedom of expression, said that minor affairs should not be presented with contempt. On Monday, a bench of judge Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan stressed the importance of media freedom during the hearing. This reminded the courts the need to tolerate in particular freedom of expression and declared that the question of contempt should not be made on a minor excuse.
Millions of cases of pending outrage
The bench asked why the courts should be sensitive to certain comments made against their orders. In January of this year, 1.45 Lakh or Contempt cases were pending before the Supreme Court and the High Courses. Some of them were against media organizations and independent journalists. Some of them can be arbitrary, inappropriate or extremism. The ordinance of the High Court of Meghalaya 2019 drew global attention, condemning an outrage against two journalists for reporting the allowances granted to retirement judges and their families. The Supreme Court then sparked the order.
The Delhi High Court case also occurred against Wikipedia
On Monday, the hearing of the Supreme Court concerned the order of the High Court of Delhi against Wikipedia, in which criticism was considered to be intervention in legal proceedings. But as the Supreme Court bench said, judges should take criticism seriously, sometimes someone says that you are seated here with prejudices or that you do not make an appropriate hearing. People say something and we have to bear it. Some say that we suffer from prejudice. This is their opinion, but we decide according to the law.
Focus on the dangers of the gag
During the hearing, the bench again attracted attention to the dangers of these orders. He said that the courts cannot transmit the order of the gag (in order to remain silent). It is not fair to ask someone to delete something because what the court said or done is criticized. In 2022, the Supreme Court ordered journalist Mohammad Zubair from preventing him from publishing on X while he was on bail. The Supreme Court declared that the tag ordinance has a terrible effect on freedom of expression. At the same time, the Supreme Court questioned the validity of the instructions of the High Court of Delhi against Wikipedia. By extending this survey, he can take security measures in relation to the arbitrary use of the outrageous powers.
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