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- https://www.thehindu.com/
opinion/op-ed/fair-trial-goes- beyond-courts-to-the-police- and-media/article65751075.ece - In the intro, mention the ongoing case in which Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties asked the Supreme Court to issue guidelines to the police.
- In the body, mention how media coverage shapes the narrative in the case and its implications for the rights of various stakeholders and role of police in providing such information. In the suggestion mention the need for strong self-regulation, adherence to the directives given by the state and the judiciary, restraint by the media etc.
- Conclude by mentioning that a structured and well-designed media policy with training and enforcement mechanisms is the need of the hour.
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Alankrit
Some of the points mentioned are nice, however, some more issues can be covered.
In introduction, you can provide the context of the question such as Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties asked the Supreme Court to issue guidelines or Chief Justice of India’s objection to the lack of media accountability. What you have written is itself a consequence of the media trial and can be written as one of the points in next part.
Challenges mentioned are good. Also points such as unregulated divulgence of case details, different regulations for print and television media, failure to check the accuracy of police narratives before making them public, hampering the right to dignity and the privacy of suspects, the accused, victims, witnesses etc, social ostracisation of victims – can be mentioned.
Some points regarding role of police can also be mentioned such as police is more concerned with demonstrating dynamism and efficiency, rather than the protection of civil liberties, absence of dedicated media cells in most police departments can be talked about.
You can use flowcharts to present all of this in a compressed manner.
Way forward is decent, Supreme Court’s verdict in Romila Thapar vs Union of India case which directed law enforcement authorities not to reveal details of their investigations can be mentioned for value addition.
Also, try to write a concluding statement.
Keep practicing. 🙂
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abhishek
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Your attempt is decent.
Introduction part is too long, try to make it concise. You can provide the context of the question such as Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties asked the Supreme Court to issue guidelines or Chief Justice of India’s objection to the lack of media accountability; then just define media trial and move on to the challenges.
Challenges mentioned are good, further you can also talk about unregulated divulgence of case details, different regulations for print and television media, failure to check the accuracy of police narratives before making them public, impact on investigation etc
Way forward is decent, Supreme Court’s verdict in Romila Thapar vs Union of India case which directed law enforcement authorities not to reveal details of their investigations can be mentioned for value addition. A concluding statement needs to be mentioned.
Keep practicing. 🙂
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Sowmya
Decent attempt.
Introduction is good. After that next paragraph is a bit long, you can compress it and mention more points regarding challenges due to media trial- unregulated divulgence of case details, different regulations for print and television media, failure to check the accuracy of police narratives before making them public, hampering the right to dignity and the privacy of suspects, the accused, victims, witnesses etc, social ostracisation of victims, polarisation in society etc
Points mentioned by you are fine too, just add some of these.
Some points regarding role of police can also be mentioned such as police is more concerned with demonstrating dynamism and efficiency, rather than the protection of civil liberties, absence of dedicated media cells in most police departments can be talked about.
Although you have sort of mentioned way forward but a separate subheading can be given to put emphasis as it is exclusively asked in the question.
Supreme Court’s verdict in Romila Thapar vs Union of India case which directed law enforcement authorities not to reveal details of their investigations can be mentioned for value addition.
Keep practicing. 🙂