Virag Gupta, Govindacharya s lawyer, had mentioned the urgent listing plea on September 26. He cited YouTube s terms of service and stated that if the proceedings are webcast on it, this private platform obtains copyright to them as well.
Muneeb Rashid Malik “It is well settled that,in general, all cases brought before the courts, whether civil, criminal, or others, must be heard in open court………Trial held subject to the public scrutiny and gaze naturally acts as a check against judicial caprice or vagaries and serves as a powerful instrument for creating confidence of the public in the fairness, objectivity and impartiality of the administration of justice… “Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar v. State of Maharashtra. On 20th September, 2022, the Full […]
Marking a historic shift towards increased transparency, all constitutional bench hearings before India's Supreme Court will be live-streamed starting today.
The final decision was taken after a full-court meeting called by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit last week. At the meeting, the judges came to a unanimous decision of live-streaming the constitutional bench cases.
The day the Supreme Court live streamed its proceedings for the first time ever, more than 8 lakh viewers watched it across different platforms.An official said: "This is a humble beginning and all attempts will now be made to livestream .