J.B. Pardiwala
Legal Correspondent New Delhi
Supreme Court judge Justice J.B. Pardiwala on Sunday criticised the use of social media to launch personal attacks on judges, saying this would evolve into a “dangerous scenario”.
Justice Pardiwala was the puisne judge on the Vacation Bench led by Justice Surya Kant, which refused to entertain a plea by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma to club multiple FIRs against her for her alleged remarks about Prophet Muhammed. The hearing had seen scathing oral remarks from the Bench directed towards Ms. Sharma.
However, the Bench’s comments had seen a backlash on social media, some directed personally against the judges. “Personal attacks on judges for their judgments lead to a dangerous scenario where the judges have to think about what media thinks instead of what the law really thinks. This harms the rule of law,” Justice Pardiwala said in his address at the second Justice H.R. Khanna Memorial National Symposium.
He said social media was being used to express personalised opinions against the judges, rather than a constructive critical appraisal of judgments, adding that this tendency was harming the judicial institution.
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