Live-streaming started in Kohima bench of Guwahati HC third court in NE

GUWAHATI: In a major development in the Northeast’s judicial system, the Kohima Bench of the Guwahati High Court started live streaming of court proceedings from Monday, becoming the third constitution court in the region after Guwahati to live stream its proceedings after (Principal Bench) and Meghalaya High Courts.

The telecast on the official YouTube channel – eCourts Nagaland – will be governed by the Guwahati High Court (Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings) Rules, 2022.
The move, which aims to implement the open court concept, and comes two months after the Supreme Court live-streamed proceedings on YouTube, marking a major push towards transparency, inclusion and accessibility in the judicial system. Considered.

Such live streaming will enable real-time access to court proceedings, including matters of public interest, to civil society, academics, law students and journalists, and help them better understand the functioning of courts. .
Notably, the Gujarat High Court was the first High Court to live stream its proceedings last year. This was followed by several High Courts across the country such as Guwahati High Court (Principal Bench), Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, and Patna High Courts.

The Telangana High Court had also decided to start live streaming of its proceedings on a test basis from October 10. Last month, the Meghalaya High Court also started streaming its proceedings live on YouTube.

The move to live stream court hearings was made in line with the Supreme Court’s judgment in Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India (2018).
The Supreme Court has also started live streaming of the proceedings of the Constitution Benches from September this year.

The court proceedings were streamed on YouTube for the first time when Justice NV Ramana, the former Chief Justice, took a ceremonial seat on the bench on his retirement in August 2022.
The apex court last month said it was also exploring the idea of ​​setting up a national platform for live streaming, which could be used by high courts.

A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli made the oral statement while hearing the petition for uniform platform for live streaming.
The bench told the petitioner that the court was trying to take steps to institutionalize the guidelines issued in the 2018 judgment in the Swpanil Tripathi case.