The Karnataka High Court will resume the video conferencing facility for all its benches from December 11 on trial basis..The High Court had on December 5 decided to suspended video conference hearings as well as live-streaming of such hearings after unknown persons displayed obscene images during virtual court proceedings on December 4.The police had also registered a first information report (FIR) under Sections 67 and 67 (A) of the Information Technology Act at Central CEN Crime Police Station on a complaint moved by the High Court’s administration.The High Court had while suspending virtual hearing, said that the same will be restored with safeguards. Subsequently, a notice was issued by the High Court on Friday setting out the guidelines for virtual hearings at the High Court from December 11 on pilot basis. According to the new guidelines issued by the High Court Registrar, all advocates, party-in-persons, litigants and media persons must undergo compulsory registration on the Zoom platform through a one-time signup procedure to login to the virtual hearing facility. .The guidelines further state that only registered users are permitted to join the video conference hearings. Advocates, party-in-persons, and litigants are required to enter their participant names in the format list no., case no and name (e.g., List-1: WP 1/2003: Rama).Media persons must include their names along with the media they represent compulsorily and waiting room is enabled in all court halls, allowing only participants with the correct case numbers to engage in court proceedings, the guidelines mention..Participants from outside India should send an e-mail to Registrar Judicial in advance requesting for permission to join the VC links..[Read Guidelines]
The Karnataka High Court will resume the video conferencing facility for all its benches from December 11 on trial basis..The High Court had on December 5 decided to suspended video conference hearings as well as live-streaming of such hearings after unknown persons displayed obscene images during virtual court proceedings on December 4.The police had also registered a first information report (FIR) under Sections 67 and 67 (A) of the Information Technology Act at Central CEN Crime Police Station on a complaint moved by the High Court’s administration.The High Court had while suspending virtual hearing, said that the same will be restored with safeguards. Subsequently, a notice was issued by the High Court on Friday setting out the guidelines for virtual hearings at the High Court from December 11 on pilot basis. According to the new guidelines issued by the High Court Registrar, all advocates, party-in-persons, litigants and media persons must undergo compulsory registration on the Zoom platform through a one-time signup procedure to login to the virtual hearing facility. .The guidelines further state that only registered users are permitted to join the video conference hearings. Advocates, party-in-persons, and litigants are required to enter their participant names in the format list no., case no and name (e.g., List-1: WP 1/2003: Rama).Media persons must include their names along with the media they represent compulsorily and waiting room is enabled in all court halls, allowing only participants with the correct case numbers to engage in court proceedings, the guidelines mention..Participants from outside India should send an e-mail to Registrar Judicial in advance requesting for permission to join the VC links..[Read Guidelines]
