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Verdict on live-streaming proceedings today
Ashish Tripathi
DHNS
Last Updated IST
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis.
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis.

The Supreme Court will decide on Wednesday if its proceedings on, at least, the important constitutional matters involving public interest may be live-streamed.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud will pass its judgement on the petitions filed by law student Swapnil Tripathi, senior advocate Indira Jaising and advocate Mathews J Nedumpara, among others.

The top court, during the hearing, had indicated that live-streaming may be tried out initially as a pilot project, as suggested by Attorney General K K Venugopal.

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Venugopal said a final decision may be taken depending on the success of the pilot project.

He said the live-streaming should be delayed by 70 seconds to allow the judges to mute the sound when a lawyer misbehaved.

He said it should not be allowed if the matter at hand is sensitive, such as involving individual privacy or national security.

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(Published 25 September 2018, 22:17 IST)