Creating history, the Supreme Court Tuesday live-streamed a hearing of the Constitution Bench for the first time Tuesday, media reports said.
The bench, headed by Justice DYZ Chandrachud, was hearing the case pertaining to the claim over the political party Shiv Sena by its two factions, one led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the other by his immediate predecessor Uddhav Thackeray.
Shinde became the Chief Minister, turning rebel against his own government with the support of 40 odd MLAs, leading to the downfall of the Thackeray regime.
The top court live-streamed the court proceedings four years after it unanimously took the decision to go live with the works in the courtroom.
The live-streaming proceedings can be accessed at webcast.gov.in/scindia/.
The live-streaming may also be accessed by common people through YouTube on their mobile phones and computers.
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The Supreme Court for the first time began live-streaming its constitution bench proceedings today. Four years ago on this day, the then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had delivered the landmark judgement on the live telecast or webcast of important proceedings in matters of constitutional importance, saying “sunlight is the best disinfectant”.
The proceedings can be accessed at webcast.gov.in/scindia/, said an official.
Yesterday a bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said the top court will soon have its own “platform” to live-stream its proceedings instead of having to use YouTube. In a unanimous decision taken at a recent full court meeting headed by the CJI, the apex court decided to live-stream proceedings of all constitution bench hearings from today.
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment.The Apex Court also refused to stop the Election Commission of India from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group as the real Shiv Sena. Another Constitution Bench of the Court dismissed the application for stay filed by the Uddhav Thackeray group after a day-long hearing.
