The “Andha Kaanoon” Goes Totally Transparent From Today

It is going to be a historic day today making a mark in the legal system of India. from today on 27^th September 2022, the first day of Live Streaming from The Apex Court was witnessed by the nation.

In a first, the Supreme Court started live streaming its proceedings on Tuesday. The streaming of three separate constitutional benches is live on webcast.gov.in/scindia/.

The First Three Live Streams

First Live Hearing

The hearing presided by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit will hear the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota case. The case challenges the 103^rd Constitution Amendment.

Second Live Hearing

The second hearing presided by Justice DY Chandrachud is going to hear the petition regarding the rift in Shiv Sena that saw the Maharashtra’s party break into Eknath Shinde faction and Uddhav Thackeray faction.

Third Live Hearing

The third hearing presided by Justice SK Kaul will hear the matter relating to the validity of the All India Bar Examination.

Exactly four years ago, on September 27, 2018, the then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had delivered the landmark judgement on live telecast of important proceedings in matters of constitutional importance, saying “sunlight is the best disinfectant”.

On September 20 this year, CJI UU Lalit chaired a full court meeting and decided to live-stream all Constitution Bench proceedings from September 27.

The live streaming will be deferred for 30 seconds, according to officials, as per the normal procedure.