A Socio-Legal Analysis Of Human Rights Violations In Media-Driven Criminal Trials

Abstract

Media has been serving as fourth pillar of the Indian democracy. India is home to diverse culture and religion; each has their separate traditions and practices. To regulate and effectively function, laws, rules, regulations and policies are made for good governance. With change in time, the technological advancement has played an important role in upgrading the knowledge of an individual. The legislature has made certain laws and given statutory powers to government and its officials and organs to exercise its control to maintain peace, public order and law throughout the country. With due respect the government has certain obligations such as to protect every individual from crime, hatred, provide equal opportunity. The government has also limited powers against state to be enforced through fundamental rights. Here we are talking about the key machinery such as media which spread awareness to the public through screening of news, exchange of views globally, knowledge about trade, regulation of currency, all these perceptions reach masses or group of people. But this can hamper public order through this demonstration when acting in official capacity media [1] as source of information portrays and telecast the news, judgements, or controversial issue and spread opinion based upon such information available in databased or raw or already uploaded it is violation of creating misleading claims or derogatory statements without verifying the truth. [1] Gaurav Kamal, Media Trial & Sentencing: Perspectives & Prescriptions ILR, https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/ILR/viewpdf.aspx?T=ARTICLE&ID=Mg%3D%3D-KJBD41z3f%2Fk%3D (last visited Oct 5, 2026).