Publisher's Synopsis
The media is the Fourth Pillar of a democratic system, the legislature, executive and judiciary being the other three. While legislature prepares the law for the society and the executive takes steps for implementing them, the third one is the judiciary, which has to ensure legality of all actions and decisions. The fourth is the Media. Media has to operate within the framework of these statutes and the constitutional provision to act in public and national interest. This is indicative of the fact that nobody is above the law. When the Constitution of India guaranteed freedom of expression and speech to its citizens, it ensured that the freedom was not absolute and any expression, by way of words, speech or visual medium, did not violate any statutory provisions enacted by legislature and executed by the executive. If the media exceeded its jurisdiction, the law came forward to ensure equality before the law.
