Trolling judges, comments against judiciary is a new disturbing trend, says Union law minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad said that judges should be given ‘complete freedom’ to decide on cases. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. | PTI
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said there was a “new disturbing trend” of passing objectionable comments and “trolling” judges by people on social media for not passing verdicts favourable to them.
He was speaking at an event of the Patna High Court, in the presence of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, among others.
“India is a free country.we can surely criticise the reasoning of the judgement,” Prasad said. “But I foresee a new disturbing trend. Of late some people have an opinion about something, they seek to file PIL.no problem, that’s right. But then they start campaigning that we must have a judgement of this type only. And if the judgement is not