Self-Reliant Live Streaming Platform

The Apex Court has been notified by the Secretary General of the Supreme Court that the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the registry do not currently have the necessary infrastructure to live stream the proceedings without the assistance of outside applications. The Secretary General said in his affidavit that live streaming services which seems foreseeable will be offered to a wider audience through third party applications. The affidavit notified the Court that not only the registry but also the NIC does not have adequate technical and infrastructural appliances currently. The Secretary General further stated that the Court is attempting to find a means of facilitating live streaming devoid of the assistance of a third-party programme.

When the Secretary General informed the Court about this, the former RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya filed an affidavit to protect copyright over live-streamed court proceedings, notably on YouTube.KNGovindacharya in his argument, stated that a specific agreement with YouTube should be formed to protect the copyright over live broadcasting and recorded court hearings. According to the Secretary General’s affidavit, the registry is required to use third-party services in order to comply with orders in the case of Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India to protect the idea of open courts.