NEW DELHI: For the first time since the inception of Indian Judiciary, the Supreme Court is live streaming proceedings as on today, i.e. September 26.
The proceeding of the bench headed by CJI N V Ramana has been live streamed through a webcast portal which also happens to be the last day of CJI N V Ramana at office.
"I hope that I stood up to the expectation which you expected from me. I discharged my duties as Chief Justice in whatever possible way. I have taken up two issues, all of you know, the infrastructure and the appointment of judges. Thanks to the support given by my brother and sister judges in Supreme Court and Collegium, we successfully appointed almost 224 judges in high courts," shared the outgoing CJI while speaking at an event organised by the Delhi High Court Bar Association to bid him farewell.
Please take notice that on the eve of laying down the office of the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, the proceedings of the Hon'ble Chief Justice' Court i.e., Ceremonial Bench on August 26, 2022, 10:30 A.M. onwards shall be lives streamed through the NIC webcast portal," a notice said.
The top court in 2018 had allowed live streaming of court proceedings of cases of constitutional and national importance, saying this openness was like "sunlight" which is the "best disinfectant".
It had said as a pilot project, only a specified category of cases which are of constitutional or national importance and are being argued before a constitution bench, should be live streamed.
Notably, judgments – on some 20 cases will be streamed. The most significant order will be on a petition seeking that political parties who offer freebies before elections be deregistered.
Attorney General K K Venugopal had earlier suggested that live streaming of important cases in the Chief Justice's court can be started on a pilot basis.
The Attorney General had said the process can be adopted in other court rooms depending on the success of the pilot project.
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