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"What social media thinks" might be a concern of a #politician but must not be a concern of the judges. Social Media could have influenced #juries but a #judge must not be influenced by #SocialMedia. 1/4
Judges have to decide in accordance with the law and not to go "Argumentum ad populum"! To every possible extent in an adversarial legal system, a judge should avoid passing remarks while hearing a case. 3/4
The onus is on the prosecution/plaintiff to prove their case and it's not the duty of the judge. Judge in an adversarial legal system must be like blindfolded #LadyJustice with set a of scales⚖️ in her hands that bends towards the side of stronger evidence/argument. 2/4
'What #Socialmedia thinks' might be a concern of a politician but must not be the concern of judges. Social Media could've influenced #juries but a #judge mustn't be influenced by social media. Judges have to decide in accordance with the #law and not to go Argumentum #AdPopulum!
To every possible extent in an adversarial legal system, a judge should avoid passing remarks while hearing a case. The onus is on the prosecution/plaintiff to prove their case and it's not the duty of the judge.
A judge in an #adversarial #legal system must be like a blindfolded #LadyJustice with set a of scales⚖️ in her hands that bends towards the side of stronger evidence/argument. Remarks by a judge, in a #sub_judice matter, create perception about the #impartiality of the #judge.
A #Judge must not be affected by #MessiahComplex and stay within his role as a judge & must not wade into the role of #prosecution. It's against the #TrichotomyOfPowers. It's also a dent for the #adversarial legal system. 1/6
It is neither duty nor domain of the #judge but the duty of #prosecution to prove their case beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt. A Judge is not a prosecutor. 2/6
The set of scales in the hands of blindfolded #LadyJustice needs to bend on the side of stronger evidence.👨⚖️⚖️
A Judge must act in the same manner as if he doesn't know anything happened prior to the trial, at that point in time.👨⚖️⚖️ 3/6
A Judge must act in the same manner as if he doesn't know anything happened prior to the trial, at that point in time.👨⚖️⚖️ 3/6
