In a first, the Supreme Court on Tuesday began live-streaming
its constitution bench proceedings.
On September 27, 2018, the then Chief Justice of India
Dipak Misra had delivered the landmark judgement on the live telecast or
webcast of important proceedings in matters of constitutional importance,
saying sunlight is the best disinfectant.
The proceedings can be accessed at
webcast.gov.in/scindia/, said an official.
On Monday, a bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh
Lalit said the top court will soon have its own platform to live-stream its
proceedings instead of having to use the YouTube.
In a unanimous decision taken at a recent full court
meeting headed by the CJI, the apex court decided to live-stream proceedings of
all constitution bench hearings from September 27, four years after the
path-breaking announcement by Justice Misra.
The apex court may live-stream proceedings through YouTube and
later host them on its server, sources had said. People will be able to access
the proceedings on their cell phones, laptops, and computers without any
hassle.
On August 26, for the first time since its inception,
the Supreme Court live-streamed proceedings of a bench headed by then
Chief Justice (since retired) N V Ramana through a webcast portal. It was a
ceremonial proceeding as Justice Ramana was to demit office that day.