Online stream and recording of court proceedings: a constitutional right
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Date
2022-08
Journal Title
Indian Journal of Law and Justice
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Bandyopadhyay, Rathin
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University of North Bengal
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Yadav, A. B., & Mane, S. (2022). Online stream and recording of court proceedings: a constitutional right. Indian Journal of Law and Justice, 13(2), 171–189. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4771
Authors
Yadav, Akshay Baburao
Mane, Shivanjali
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Abstract
The judiciary takes a prominent role in every democratic country. The meaning
of democracy is vague without independence and propend judiciary. The
judiciary endorses to maintain check and balance between the executive and
legislative. Besides all this, now the situation like Covid 19 makes the system more
aggravate. To avoid this, India has to take the alternative in this digital era. Our
attitude towards the court system has been developed in such a way that, when
the word judiciary comes to our mind, we start to create the image of courtrooms
in our mind. Virtual judiciary is another form of deliration of justice without any
physical existence of the court room. This paper lays down emphasis on the
Constitutional Right to Access to Justice especially by means of draft Model rules
of Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings published by ECommittee,
Supreme Court of India, Information and Communication
Technology in Indian Judiciary on 28th May 2021. Further it analysis the
international best practices to find out the challenges and remedies revolving
around the online streaming and recording of court proceeding which promotes
reinforcing of public faith, transparency in Judicial System. This paper neither
favoring online court proceedings or nor critiquing the traditional court
proceedings. But the paper tries to balance between global development,
technological advancement and hit of pandemic during that. It also takes bird
eye view on judicial decisions. Lastly paper ends with personal analysis and
suggestions regarding the possible challenges and remedies.
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13
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2
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0976-3570
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171 - 189