"Please stop trying (cases) in the media till a case is over. Never try a case in the media, it creates a lot of pressure on judges, they are also human beings," he said addressing a meet held by the Bar Council of India here.
Referring to "the amount of pressure that is built," he recalled how a judge who dealt with the case had once told him that "had he not given that punishment, they would have hung him."
He, however, added, "he (the Judge who went into Nirbhaya case) had reasons to give the punishment, not because the media said it, but because he had reasons."
He said that the judge who dealt with the sensational case "was also making a casual remark that had it not been done, the people would have hung him because that was the type of pressure... (hence) never ever resort to media trial, you do it after the judgement is delivered."
"A judge is expected to speak only through his judgement. While performing work as a judge, if he makes a comment in the bench, never ever build upon that," said Kurian.
By following such things, the media will do a "great service to the nation and democracy," he said.
The judge also urged lawyers not to seek adjournment more than once and to look into modes of protest other than strikes as there were judgements against it.
If a judge has judgements pending for more than three months, work should not be allocated to him, he said.
He appealed to Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda, who was present, to inspect mofussil courts.
Gowda later said he would do so and submit a report to the Judge.