On 13-1-2023, the High Court of Delhi notified the Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings Rules of the High Court of Delhi, 2022. The rules came into effect on 13-1-2023.
Key Points:
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5 cameras will be ordinally installed inside the Court Room.
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The Judge will be having a remote-control device to pause or stop the live streaming at any point.
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Apart from the following, all proceedings will be live streamed by the Court:
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Matrimonial, child adoption and child custody cases
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Sexual offences cases
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Gender based violence against women cases
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POCSO and Juvenile cases
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Matters related to termination of pregnancy
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Matters that the bench considers will be antithetical to publish
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Matters that the bench considers can be provoke enmity amongst community
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Parties can object to the live streaming at the time of institution of the case or any time later.
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In the cases where the proceedings are not live streamed, the recording will be maintained for the usage of the Court and the Appellate Court.
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While the live streaming, the personal details of the parties will be masked either by muting or deleting that portion of the clip.
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The recording will be posted on the respective Court's website within 3 days of the conclusion of the proceedings.
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Disclaimers, Prohibitions and Restrictions:
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Only authorized persons/ entity can record/ share/ disseminate live streamed proceedings or archival data.
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Any person who is not authorized and share the data through print/ electronic media/ social media/ messaging applications will be prosecuted under Copyright Act, 1957, Information Technology Act, 2020 etc. and for Contempt of Court.
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Transcripts will be prepared only when it will be directed by the Court.
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The recordings will be made accessible for differently abled people.
*Kriti Kumar, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.