Supreme Court Judge Justice JB Pardiwala has called for regulating digital and social media to preserve the rule of law under the Constitution.
He termed as “dangerous” the crossing of ‘Lakshman rekha’ on these platforms for “personalised, agenda-driven attacks” on the judges.
Justice Pardiwala was speaking at the second Justice HR Khanna Memorial National Symposium organised by Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow & National Law University, Odisha along with the Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities (CAN Foundation).
The remarks by Justice Pardiwala at an event here come amid an uproar by a section over the strong oral observations of a vacation Bench, in which he was a member, against suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her controversial comments against Prophet Mohammed.
The apex court had said her “loose tongue” has “set the entire country on fire” and she should apologise.
The observations of the Bench, which had also refused to club the FIRs lodged against Sharma across the country, sparked.