The Supreme Court on Friday sought the centre&rsquo;s reply on a plea seeking live streaming of cases of &#39;&#39;constitutional and national importance that could have an impact on the public.&#39;&#39;

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also sought the assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal on the matter.

The Bench comprising Chief justices Dipak Misra, AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud passed the order after hearing Senior Advocate Indira Jaising and advocate Mathews Nedumpara, the petitioners in the matter.

Jaising, in her petition, sought live streaming of court proceedings in cases that are of &#39;&#39;constitutional and national importance having an impact on the public at large or a large number of people.&#39;&#39;&nbsp;

The petition said live streaming of cases of constitutional and national importance would empower and provide access to &#39;&#39;ordinary citizens&#39;&#39; who cannot personally go to the court due to social and economic constraints, even though the decision would impact them.

She said that the court could consider laying down guidelines governing the same.

Enabling citizens to understand the reasoning in cases affecting their rights forms part of their right to dignity and is an intrinsic value of their right to be heard under Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution, the petition added.

The petition referred to courts dealing with issues of environment, triple talaq, air pollution, ban on liquor to avoid deaths on national highways, ban on firecrackers to prevent air and noise pollution and extrajudicial killings, all of which affect the public who do not get to see how decisions are made by the court.

The petition also quotes how other jurisdictions including, those of Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, South Africa, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court, permit varying degrees of recording court proceedings.

When the matter came up for hearing today, advocate Mathews Nedumpara made his submissions and sought the recording of proceedings in all courts.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also sought the assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal on the matter

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the centre’s reply on a plea seeking live streaming of cases of ''constitutional and national importance that could have an impact on the public.'' A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also sought the assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal on the matter. The Bench comprising Chief justices Dipak Misra, AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud passed the order after hearing Senior Advocate Indira Jaising and advocate Mathews Nedumpara, the petitioners in the matter. Jaising, in her petition, sought live streaming of court proceedings in cases that are of ''constitutional and national importance having an impact on the public at large or a large number of people.'' The petition said live streaming of cases of constitutional and national importance would empower and provide access to ''ordinary citizens'' who cannot personally go to the court due to social and economic constraints, even though the decision would impact them. She said that the court could consider laying down guidelines governing the same. Enabling citizens to understand the reasoning in cases affecting their rights forms part of their right to dignity and is an intrinsic value of their right to be heard under Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution, the petition added. The petition referred to courts dealing with issues of environment, triple talaq, air pollution, ban on liquor to avoid deaths on national highways, ban on firecrackers to prevent air and noise pollution and extrajudicial killings, all of which affect the public who do not get to see how decisions are made by the court. The petition also quotes how other jurisdictions including, those of Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, South Africa, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court, permit varying degrees of recording court proceedings. When the matter came up for hearing today, advocate Mathews Nedumpara made his submissions and sought the recording of proceedings in all courts.

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Supreme Court seeks Attorney General's opinion on live streaming of cases of national importance