Two Gujarat HC Judges to submit report on live-streaming of court proceedings

Disposing a public interest litigation (PIL) that had sought live-streaming of proceedings in courtrooms so that such virtual hearings are accessible to the public, the Gujarat High Court (HC), in its July 20 judgment, noted that a committee of two judges has been formed to look into such modalities and the same is under process, with a report expected on its feasibility in the “near future”.

The court noted that the right to know and receive information is, indeed, a facet in our Constitution and that the “public is entitled to witness the Court proceedings involving the issue having an impact on the public at large or a section of the public, as the case may be.”