Govt for judiciary’s view on recording of court proceedings

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Govt for judiciary’s view on recording of court proceedings

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi |  Updated: Nov 08,

2013 01:04 IST

The government will seek the higher judiciary’s views on audio and

video recording of proceedings in lower courts and proposes a legal

backing for the move by making changes in existing laws.

This was among the proposals discussed at Thursday’s meeting of

the advisory council of the National Mission for Justice Delivery and

Legal Reforms, chaired by Union law minister Kapil Sibal.

Majority of the participants favoured the proposal for audio and

video recording of proceedings in courts. It was pointed out that the

experiment has worked well in countries across Europe.

“The proposal requires active support of the judiciary since it is the

high courts which will be responsible for implementation in the

subordinate courts within their respective states,” said an expert

who participated in the meeting.

Among others, former Delhi high court chief justice AP Shah,

national innovation council chief Sam Pitroda, Planning Commission

deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia and chairman of the

parliamentary standing committee on law and justice, Shantaram

Naik attended the meeting.