The Gujarat High Court became the first court in India to live-stream its proceedings.
- The Gujarat High Court on October 26, 2020 began live streaming of court proceedings, of the first court comprising the division bench led by the Chief Justice, on YouTube, on an experimental basis.
- According to the High Court, it has introduced with a view to effectuating and broadening the implementation of Open Court concept
- The modality has been guided primarily by the Supreme Court’s direction in a 2017 public interest litigation for live streaming court proceedings.
- The HC decision also came on the behest of a public interest litigation filed by a law student of Institute of Law, Nirma University, wherein the petitioner-student had prayed for public access to hearing in light of court proceedings that had been rendered to the virtual medium.
(Source: Indian Express)
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