Overview
- Former Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud spoke at the inauguration of Dynamite News’s new digital studio and said a free press is essential to democracy.
- He said the Constitution guarantees the public’s right to question and called that right the core of the rule of law.
- Chandrachud warned that press freedom carries responsibility and that failure to verify facts can turn liberty into what he called “press unfreedom.”
- Dynamite News announced a 24/7 multilingual streaming operation that will use modern technology and artificial intelligence to reach younger and broader audiences.
- Chandrachud’s remarks link long‑running debates in India about media freedom and accuracy to practical concerns over AI and nonstop digital platforms, raising expectations for stronger fact‑checking and newsroom safeguards.