Last Week, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising wrote to and his companion judges requesting the Top Court to begin live streaming of proceedings of matters of public and constitutional importance.
In the Supreme Court, all Constitutional bench will be live-streamed from September 27. The full court, comprising of all judges of the top court on Tuesday deliberated upon the matter and took the decision on the live streaming.
CJI Uday Umesh Lalit presided over the full court meeting where all the judges were unanimously that the live-streaming should commence on a regular basis with broadcasting constitutional cases.
However, the Case is likely to be live-streamed including challenges to the economically backward class quota law, the religious practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra Community, the Top Court power to dissolve marriages on the ground of irretrievable breakdown and the Centers petition on enhanced compensation for victims of 1948 Bhopal gas tragedy.
The Supreme Court in August telecast its first proceedings involving that of a ceremonial bench bidding adieu to Lalit’s predecessor involving that of a ceremonial bench abiding adieu to Lalit’s predecessor NV Ramana over three years after ruling recommended live-streaming of hearings.
The Supreme Court in September 2018 declared the live-telecast of court proceedings part of the right to access justice under the Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
Consequently, the Supreme Court’s e-committee, headed by Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud came out with the model guidelines to regulate the live-streaming of court proceedings.
The Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Patna, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh high court live stream their proceedings through YouTube Channels.
Further, the e-committee has been working on a proposal to launch an exclusive platform for live-streaming court proceedings.