SC May Curb Advocates From Speaking On Cases

Freedom carries with it responsibility, says Bench

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine the possibility of imposing curbs on advocates airing their views in the media about pending cases and the judges handling them, during a hearing on contempt petitions filed by the government and the Attorney General of India against civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha agreed that “though the ash of cameras and media attention may seem irresistible to some, a line needed to be firmly drawn.”

The temptation to talk was hard to get over when cameras were trained on you, the Bench said.