The E-committee of the Supreme Court of India is currently working on Phase 3 of the E-courts project and will soon bring out a vision document for the same, Justice DY Chandrachud revealed today..As part of the same, the Court is proposing to create infrastructure for live streaming of court proceedings, the apex court judge said on Friday. He also stated that the Supreme Court is planning to host virtual proceedings and live streaming recordings on its own server, as opposed to a third party server."We are soon bringing out a vision document of Phase 3 of E-courts project. Now we are on budgeting stage...We need to also create the infrastructure for cloud etc for live streaming. We want to host it ourselves. We aim to host the virtual proceedings recording on our own server as opposed to third party server," said Justice Chandrachud, who is also the Chairperson of the Supreme Court E-committee.There are other infrastructural issues of live streaming of court proceedings that need to be looked into, he added. .The remarks were made during the hearing of a plea challenging the Bombay High Court's administrative circular restricting the working hours of the Court from 12 in the afternoon to 3 pm in view of surge in COVID-19 cases.The plea filed by activist Ghanshyam Upadhyay stated that due to the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the High Court, the Principal Bench of the High Court was "functioning only for namesake," causing hardships to litigants and advocates.The plea stated that the fundamental rights of citizens were being jeopardized and that it was a "matter of great concern and public importance".However, when the matter was taken up today, the Court was informed that the High Court has reverted to normal working hours. The Court, therefore, disposed of the plea, noting that the grievance raised by the petitioner has been addressed. The Court also remarked that it cannot issue a Mandamus to the High Court on its administrative functioning, since it has no administrative superintendence over High Courts. .[Read a live account of the hearing below]
The E-committee of the Supreme Court of India is currently working on Phase 3 of the E-courts project and will soon bring out a vision document for the same, Justice DY Chandrachud revealed today..As part of the same, the Court is proposing to create infrastructure for live streaming of court proceedings, the apex court judge said on Friday. He also stated that the Supreme Court is planning to host virtual proceedings and live streaming recordings on its own server, as opposed to a third party server."We are soon bringing out a vision document of Phase 3 of E-courts project. Now we are on budgeting stage...We need to also create the infrastructure for cloud etc for live streaming. We want to host it ourselves. We aim to host the virtual proceedings recording on our own server as opposed to third party server," said Justice Chandrachud, who is also the Chairperson of the Supreme Court E-committee.There are other infrastructural issues of live streaming of court proceedings that need to be looked into, he added. .The remarks were made during the hearing of a plea challenging the Bombay High Court's administrative circular restricting the working hours of the Court from 12 in the afternoon to 3 pm in view of surge in COVID-19 cases.The plea filed by activist Ghanshyam Upadhyay stated that due to the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the High Court, the Principal Bench of the High Court was "functioning only for namesake," causing hardships to litigants and advocates.The plea stated that the fundamental rights of citizens were being jeopardized and that it was a "matter of great concern and public importance".However, when the matter was taken up today, the Court was informed that the High Court has reverted to normal working hours. The Court, therefore, disposed of the plea, noting that the grievance raised by the petitioner has been addressed. The Court also remarked that it cannot issue a Mandamus to the High Court on its administrative functioning, since it has no administrative superintendence over High Courts. .[Read a live account of the hearing below]