On Friday, Attorney General KK Venugopal submitted a slew of suggestions regarding live streaming of proceedings as a pilot project basis, to the bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, which supported the idea.
Attorney General KK Venugopal said, “Live streaming would ensure courts are decongested.” But he also clarified that live streaming should not be permitted in matrimonial matters, matters involving interests of juveniles or protection and safety of the private life of young offenders, cases involving national security and matters relating to sexual assault.
Centre For Accountability and Systemic Change, a renowned NGO raised apprehensions over this idea. The CJI Dipak Misra put down opposition by saying: “We don’t perceive any difficulty in live streaming. Let us first start with a pilot project. We are not ruling out anything and will improve with time. We cannot have everything together.”
When advocate Virag Gupta raised concern about the risk of manufacturing fake news from clips of proceedings, Justice DY Chandrachud said, “We are actually incorporating the concept of open courts. This would also help in ensuring that people don’t overcrowd the courtroom and these proceedings will help law students in their academics.”
Apart from live streaming, the Supreme Court could, in the future, also provide for transcribing facilities and archive the audio-visual record of proceedings to make the webcast accessible to litigants and other interested persons.

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