Live streaming for first time in Supreme Court; proceedings of CJI court to be streamed live today For the first time in its 71-year-long history, the proceedings of the Supreme Court will be streamed live today.
The live streaming will be limited to the ceremonial bench of which outgoing Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will be part of.
As per the followed custom, CJI NV Ramana will be sharing the bench with the next Chief Justice of India on his last working day. Justice UU Lalit has been recently appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India after the retirement of CJI Ramana.
It will be telecasted live on NIC webcast portal.
“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 livestreamed through the NIC’ Webcast portal,” the notice said.
Public can watch the proceedings live on the link below.
https://webcast.gov.in/events/MTc5Mg
On September 26, 2018, a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud had allowed the live streaming of cases of Constitutional importance that take place in the Court of the Chief Justice of India.
On May 31, 2021, Bar & Bench had reported that the apex court was working towards ensuring that court proceedings go live before the retirement of CJI Ramana.
It was also revealed that the Supreme Court e-committee was developing an independent platform to host such live telecasts, which will be open for use by the High Courts and district courts as well.