INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, August 1
Supreme Court Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana today said journalists had an important role in ensuring that the
judiciary functioned independently and impartially.
Speaking to journalists at an event to make public Fourth Five-Year Strategic Plan of
the judiciary, Chief Justice Rana said citizens would be protected only if journalists disseminated correct information.
Stating that
negative reporting by the media on sub-judice cases would affect justice delivery, Rana said it would be better no to write on issues that
were not of public concern.
He acknowledged that justices, including him and other court staffers could make mistakes.
&If those mistakes
are mala-fide, you are free to report,& he said.
On the occasion, Justice Ishwor Khatiwada said the judiciary had adopted restraint when it
came to the issue of contempt of court.
&I am of the view that a new law is not necessary in this regards
But, if the Parliament adopts new law, I have nothing to say,& he said.
Justice Hari Krishna Karki said the media needed to introspect
whether their reporting was making justices apprehensive in issuing verdicts.
In replying to journalists& queries the justices spoke of
various ills dogging the judiciary such as appointment of judges on the basis of political quota, undue pressure of the executive on
judiciary and delay in delivering verdicts.
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