Media Trial: A Blind Turn Away From The Truth

Introduction

Media once showed the strength and unity of the Indians to our colonizers and drove them away. It was our press and the newspapers which united the whole of India to fight for the freedom of its motherland. It was then realized that media and press are a vital part of our lives and should be given to flourish and mirror the truth that our nations need to see.

Article 19(1) (a) of the Indian Constitution provides freedom of speech and expression. Since the press and media and the citizens were seen as one, therefore, no special freedom or provision was cited for the same. In the case of Romesh Thapper v. The State of Madras¹, the Court held that "Freedom of speech and the press lay at the foundation of all democratic organization, for without free political discussion no public education, so essential for the proper functioning of the process of popular government, is possible." This secured freedom of speech and expression for the press and media.