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VOL. 7, ISSUE 3 (2021)
Virtual access to courtroom and live streaming of judicial proceedings in India: Constitutional perspective and emerging judicial trends
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Ajit Singh Chahal
Abstract
Indian legal system subscribes to the principle of open justice in which citizens have a right to know about and to follow court proceedings. Live-streaming will allow real time access to courtroom proceedings to litigants and to every member of the society. The issue is this whether there should be live dissemination of proceedings of the Court proceedings with the aid of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Therefore, live or online transmission of court proceedings with the aid of ICT enabled tools will sub-serve the cause of access to justice. After consultation with Hon‟ble Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts, the Advisory Council of the National Mission of Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms decided in its meeting held on 26th August, 2014 to initiate audio video recording on an experimental basis in the Courts in India. With respect to the Virtual Access to Courtroom and Live Streaming of Judicial Proceedings in India, on 12th February, 2020, first in its history, the Calcutta High Court allowed live streaming of proceedings live on YouTube. On 11th September, 2020, in its 103rd report of the parliamentary panel stated that live-streaming will help reinforcing public faith in the judicial system. From 26th October, 2020, the Gujarat High Court also streamed proceedings of cases on YouTube live. On 9th April, 2021, Justice Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud inaugurated Judgments & Orders portal and e-filing 3.0 modules. Therefore, at this point, we have to discuss the Concept of open courts, Comparative Law, Indian Jurisprudence, Technology and Open Court, Model Guidelines for broadcasting of the proceedings of the Supreme Court of India, Present Position and some recent Landmark Judgments with respect to the Virtual Access to Courtroom and Live Streaming of Judicial Proceedings in India will be referred for brief analysis in this research work.
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Pages:135-143
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Ajit Singh Chahal "Virtual access to courtroom and live streaming of judicial proceedings in India: Constitutional perspective and emerging judicial trends ". International Journal of Law, Vol 7, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 135-143
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