Judge should not give interview relating to pending case
This case arose as a result of an interview given by a judge who tried a case in which he convicted the accused to death. The judge knew that the death sentence was awaiting confirmation in the High Court, but still he gave interviews to the press and even an interview on national television supporting the decision that he had given. The Court noted:
?What is exercising our minds and as we know the minds of all those concerned with law and justice is as to why does he [the judge] find it necessary to go to the press etc. to give interviews in respect of pending case knowing very well that his interviews were bound to create an atmosphere of prejudice against the accused in the mind of the general public??
66. In discussing the ?atmosphere of prejudice? mentioned in the question, the Court held that,
?It cannot be denied that one of the most valuable rights of our citizens is to get a fair and impartial trial free from an atmosphere of prejudice. This right flows necessarily from Article 21 of the Constitution which makes it obligatory upon the State not to depr
