NEW DELHI: Disapproving the campaign by some people on social media to try to influence outcomes of judicial verdicts and thereafter start criticising if the judgment is not in their favour, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that such "sinister trend" needed to be curbed and judges must be left independent to decide the case as per the law.Speaking at the International Judges' Conference, the law minister said that dissenting points of view and populism are needed in democracy and the government welcomes divergent opinions but it becomes problematic when it impinges upon well-settled constitutional principles.Praising the Supreme Court's landmark verdict declaring right to privacy as fundamental right, the minister said that the terrorist and the corrupt have no right to privacy."It also becomes a problem when those who were rejected in popular mandate become the biggest flag bearers of populism....Governance must be left to those elected by people to govern and obviously they have to be accountable to Parliament and in many ways judicial decision and to the people. What is challenging is that populism is seeking to have greater accountability as to what kind of judgment should be passed. I am a great supporter of social media and freedom and I know it is empowering. But it is a dangerous trend. Judges must be left completely independent to give judgment as to what they think correct as per the rule of law," the law minister said"This sinister trend is developing globally and in our country also as some people start campaigning as to what they expect and if the judgement is not as per their accord then they unleash all kind of force of criticism...Some kind of norm has to be maintained if our rule of law has to be maintained," he said.Referring to the right to privacy, Prasad said that it is part of fundamental rights but terrorists and people indulging in corrupt practices cannot be allowed to shield themselves by claiming the right. He said that the government is committed to gender justice and elevation of poverty."The Supreme Court verdict on right to privacy is a beacon globally. It is a wonderful judgement and we are proud of it as privacy flows from Article 21, that is right to life. But the courts have also stated that the terrorist and the corrupt have no right to privacy. Right to privacy has acquired critical proportion in the wake of digital landscape expanding globally," the law minister said.He said that the government is using technology as a tool for uplifting life of people below poverty line and benefits of welfare schemes are directly transferred to bank accounts.Prasad also said that around 370 million bank accounts have been opened in which about Rs 9.2 lakh crore has been transferred and the government has saved Rs 1.7 lakh crore which was earlier taken away by middlemen.