The Supreme Court begins live broadcasting of all court sessions.

New Delhi, October 18: In a bid to improve transparency and accessibility of court proceedings for the citizen of the country, the Supreme Court has started live streaming of all court proceedings on its official website.

You can follow the proceedings live via the web link.

To date, the Supreme Court has broadcast the proceedings of the Constitutional Court and other hearings of national importance live on YouTube.

It also used artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology for live transcription of key hearings.

Recently, the SC hearings in the NEET-UG case and the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital suo moto case attracted much public interest.

The Supreme Court, in its verdict in the Swapnil Tripathi case (2018), had favored live telecast of proceedings in important cases. The entire court then decided to livestream the proceedings of the Constitutional Courts to give citizens from all parts of the country the opportunity to witness the proceedings of the Supreme Court.

In August last year, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud had said during the Constitution Bench hearing on ‘Subject: Article 370 of the Constitution’ that the top court was setting up its own cloud video conferencing software to conduct virtual hearings allow all lower courts across the country.

“In Phase III of eCourts (project), we have a huge budget, so we are in the process of setting up our own cloud software for video conferencing,” he said.

The Chief Justice had pointed out that courts across India have held as many as 43 million hearings in virtual mode during the pandemic.

In another initiative to shed the colonial trappings and traditional attributes under the leadership of CJI Chandrachud, who will depose from office on November 10, a copy of the Lady Justice statue is now in the Supreme Court’s judicial library in place of a sword She is wearing the Indian Constitution and the blindfold has been removed, leaving her with her eyes open. Traditionally, the blindfold suggested equality before the law, meaning that jurisprudence should not be influenced by the status, wealth, or power of the parties. The sword historically symbolized authority and the ability to punish injustice.

However, the scales of justice in Lady Justice’s right hand were retained and symbolizes social balance and the importance of carefully weighing the facts and arguments of both sides before reaching a verdict.