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Right to Report Court Proceedings

Last updated on Aug 23, 2022

Media freedom includes the right to report proceedings of the Court. In response to a plea by the Election Commission of India, the Supreme Court stated that the media has the right to report Court proceedings, including the oral observations of judges. The statement in question was an oral observation by the Madras High Court where it said that the Election Commission of India could be charged with murder for allowing political rallies during the peak of the COVID-19 wave in India.1 This statement was widely reported in the media.

  1. The Chief Election Commissioner of India v. M. R. Vijayabhaskar & Ors., MANU/SC/0341/2021 (Civil Appeal No. 1767 of 2021 [↩]

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