The Crime rate against women continues to grow each day in this unsafe country. Alleged rape of minor girls and women in public places alarm the normal life of individuals. These injustice acts that are committed against women have increased compared to that of the previous year. It naturally steals the peaceful lifestyle of the victim. It ultimately pushes her for tough life situations all through which she carries a blame-name for the act she never committed but did experience accidentally. Being suffered during this period of tedium, the victim tries to overwhelm the evil acts that embattled her life. The media covers the issue of harassment suffered by the victim inch by inch. Publicizing the issue and gaining mass support from the public to raise voice for justice are favorable. The country had witnessed Damini case, Tehelka case and many other cases that affected the life of large number of victims. The social media hold a follow up for such cases. Recently one of the television channels telecasted the identity of a sexually assaulted minor girl. The girl was identified by the school uniform she wore. The local channel was slapped with a fine of Rs.25,000 and also for the compeer, director and producer suffered equal fine under The Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.
Envisage that the media reveals the identity of the victim to the mass public in the process of publicizing. It indispensably pulls the victim into melancholy. It also smears the will of the victim to lead a healthier life neglecting the evil acts that was raged on her. It is yet again an injustice to reveal the identities of the sexual assault victim for publication by law. The Juvenile and Justice Board have warned all the social media to hold the identities of the victims confidential. They are not meant to be published or telecasted according to Section 21 of The Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. According to the law any person or authority who disobeys will be liable to pay Rs.25,000. However, illuminating the identity of the victim assures sensationalism onto the readers and viewers. In its modern era, the News media operates in a sensationalized style of reporting.
Publishing sexual assault issues cannot and must not be sensationalized. It can possibly put down the news value it holds when done. It also undeniably affects the life of the victim. It grants unsound atmosphere for the sufferer. There was only one Damini in this whole world of crimes committed on women. But unfortunately she met with the withdrawal from life support. These kinds of unlawful acts on women prolong to exist with strict laws being enforced to prevent it. Measures are taken to protect women community at public places. But these never reflected in the increasing crime rate level against women. Any affected women need not be thrown to the public speck with her identity. It doesn’t grant the victim normal life conditions aftermath the trauma. It is the responsibility of the social media organizations to hold on its sincerity towards the warning put forward by the Juvenile and Justice Board It is the chief credibility of media in reporting sexual assault cases as it directly intrudes the life of the victim.
Envisage that the media reveals the identity of the victim to the mass public in the process of publicizing. It indispensably pulls the victim into melancholy. It also smears the will of the victim to lead a healthier life neglecting the evil acts that was raged on her. It is yet again an injustice to reveal the identities of the sexual assault victim for publication by law. The Juvenile and Justice Board have warned all the social media to hold the identities of the victims confidential. They are not meant to be published or telecasted according to Section 21 of The Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. According to the law any person or authority who disobeys will be liable to pay Rs.25,000. However, illuminating the identity of the victim assures sensationalism onto the readers and viewers. In its modern era, the News media operates in a sensationalized style of reporting.
Publishing sexual assault issues cannot and must not be sensationalized. It can possibly put down the news value it holds when done. It also undeniably affects the life of the victim. It grants unsound atmosphere for the sufferer. There was only one Damini in this whole world of crimes committed on women. But unfortunately she met with the withdrawal from life support. These kinds of unlawful acts on women prolong to exist with strict laws being enforced to prevent it. Measures are taken to protect women community at public places. But these never reflected in the increasing crime rate level against women. Any affected women need not be thrown to the public speck with her identity. It doesn’t grant the victim normal life conditions aftermath the trauma. It is the responsibility of the social media organizations to hold on its sincerity towards the warning put forward by the Juvenile and Justice Board It is the chief credibility of media in reporting sexual assault cases as it directly intrudes the life of the victim.