The Delhi High Court on Tuesday flagged a “disturbing trend” of media reporting innocuous remarks made during the hearings “only to create sensation.”

“It has become a disturbing trend in recent times to report even some most innocuous remark that may be made by the Court during the case hearings, which may or may not even be connected with the proceedings, merely to create sensation,” Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said.

“Such reporting of the court proceedings, which may generate curiosity of public to read with more interest, is accepted without realizing that such remarks are not part of the proceedings or do not pertain to the merits of the case, and need no prominence or even reporting,” the judge added.

The Court observed that the media owes responsibility of not only making correc

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