September 29, 2020
Delhi High Court restricts access to online hearings
[ by Legal Era News Network ]
The Delhi High Court has directed that links of Court hearings via video-conferencing should be refrained from sharing with anyone else except the parties concerned.
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait of the Delhi High court said, “A very unpleasant situation came before this court during the hearing of present case, certain unidentified persons joined the proceedings through VC and could be heard talking continuously, thereby, creating hindrance in hearing the submissions of counsels and proper justice dispensation.”
He further directed the Registry/Court Master to not provide the link to video conferencing to any other person or correspondent (media) and directed that the links be provided only to advocates concerned, IO concerned, parties in person in case the petition is filed for quashing and to the persons specifically directed by this Court to join the proceedings.
He further stated clearly that no advocate shall share the link with anyone else except the Senior Advocates or the advocates appearing on their behalf.
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