New Delhi: Hakim Mahakujana Dy Chandrachud on Saturday said the court could play the role of “truth commission” at falsehood and false news circulation has increased manifold with social media proliferation, and when citizens cannot only depend on the government ‘truth’ even in democracy .
Providing the MC MC Chandla warning lecture, Judge Chandrachud said given the importance of truth in the nation’s development, many countries after the independence of the totalitarian regime chose to establish “truth commissions”, which “functioned, and recognize the ‘truth’ of the previous regime and violations for future generations, so that Not only gives catharsis to the survivors but also prevents the possibility of rejection in the future “.” In a different context, this role can also be played by the court who has the ability to document information from all parties involved, after the maturity process has been followed.
In Suo Motu knows the pandemic Covid-19 taken by our Supreme Court, we have acknowledged this role in the context of a pandemic, “he said.
One of them is the rubbing is to strengthen public institutions, he said, adding it as citizens, “we must try to ensure that we have a free press of the influence of all types, politics or economics, w hich will give us information in an impartial way …
we also need to protect the integrity of our election, and see selection not only as rights but also as a task.
To do this, we need to ensure that all citizens are given basic education and truly understand their voice value “.
Liking the relationship of truth with democracy as a sword and shield, Judge SC said, “The scope for extensive deliberation, especially in the age of social media, explained many ‘truths’ so it seems we live in ‘lies’, and it shook the foundation of democracy.” “Democracy requires the power of truth to survive.
But, ‘truth’ has the feel of depending on social values,” he said and gave an example of the attitude of the community and democracy against legalizing gay sex.
“While India is currently transitioning to normalize same-type relationships, more than 10 countries around the world still prescribe a death penalty for homosexuality.
In considering another example, we can note that 40 years after India legalized abortion in 1971, most of the countries The Latin American country has not legalized it.
Therefore, while for one part of the world, the ‘truth’ is that the fetus is considered to have the right to life, but for another, this will be a ‘wrong’ statement, “said the judge, which is part of the bench Five judges who legalize private consensual sexual relations between adults are included in the LGBTQ community.
Justice Chandrachud said the country could not be determinant of truth even in democracy.
He said it could not be said that “the state cannot enjoy falsehood for political reasons, even in democracy”.
“The role of the US in the Vietnam War does not see during the day until the Pentagon paper is published.
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, we see that there are increased trends from countries around the world who try to manipulate data on infection and death levels.
Therefore, once not Can only rely on the country to determine the ‘truth’, “he said.
He said the truth faced a difficult time with the proliferation of social media that worsened the circulation of false news.
“It is undeniable that the phenomenon of ‘fake news’ is increasing.
The related example of this is that what was recently called the Covid-19 pandemic is also as ‘infodemic’, because it is overabunded information wrong online.
However, the scholars also recorded That ‘fake news’ or false information is not a new phenomenon, after its existence during print media has existed.
But the rapid progress in technology and the deployment of internet access has worsened this problem.
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