Responsible Journalism Excludes Irresponsible Reporting: Calcutta HC Asks Media To Verify Reports With Uploaded Orders [Read Order]

While hearing a PIL related to the progress made by the State Government it in terms of tackling the menace of COVID-19 pandemic, the Calcutta High Court cautioned the media to dissuade itself from "irresponsible reporting". The remarks were made by a division bench led by Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, when the state government pointed out that the PIL was a...