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For the first time, the High Court of Karnataka livestreamed its proceedings for an hour through YouTube on Monday on an experimental basis.Around 700 YouTube users watched the proceedings live at a p
With the Supreme Court strongly advocating bringing transparency in judiciary, the Karnataka High Court on Monday streamed the proceedings in Court Hall-1, headed by a Division Bench Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj .
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice N V Ramana on Thursday said he was giving priority to commencement of live telecast of Supreme Court proceedings as public access to court hearings engenders transparency which is vital for the health of any institution in a democracy.
Launching a mobile app for media personnel to view SC proceedings, CJI Ramana and Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta were unanimous that media and public access to court proceedings infused transparency in the working of the institution.
The CJI said, “I am actively considering the proposal to telecast live the proceedings of the Supreme Court. However, before initiating concrete steps in this regard, I plan to seek general consensus among my colleagues in the court.
In the recent case the Election Commission brought against the Madras high court, the Supreme Court has once again upheld that media is well within its right to report on what transpires in the courts when it serves the public interest.