Chandigarh – The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana while speaking in a public gathering on the release of ‘Geeta Vigyan Upanishad’ authored by Gulab Kothari said Journalists are the eyes and ears of the peoole so it is the responsibility if media to present authentic facts.
Addressing a gathering , CJI Ramana said people still believe in print news. Indian society has been relying on the printed news to be true. He said ” Independent Journalism is the backbone of democracy”.
CJI further said “All I want to say is media must confine itself to honest journalism without using it as a tool to expand its influence and business interests.”
Talking about the black days of Emergency in 1975 and recalling the role of media in those times , he said “You may recall that media houses without business baggage were able to fight for democracy during those dark days of emergency. The true nature of media houses will certainly be assessed from time to time, and apropriate conclusions will be drawn from their conduct during testing times.”
CJI Ramana recalling his days as a Journalist shared that he used to use public transport to travel for news coverage and their used to be healthy competition among the journalists to do great ‘public interest stories’.
