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The Calcutta High Court has started live streaming of the Chief Justice’s court proceedings for public viewing on its official website and YouTube channel. The move is in line with the guidelines framed by the Supreme Court in the case of Swapnil Tripathi Vs. Supreme Court of India Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1232/2017, where the Supreme Court had observed that have adapted to the complexities of the age, yet it is necessary for the Judiciary to keep pace with technology. Judges should consider adopting live-streaming in both the High Court and District Judiciaries in phases commensurate with the resources and technical support available.
It has been told that the High Courts will have to lay down the modalities for doing so by making suitable rules. The Calcutta High Court had earlier allowed live streaming of a hearing in a case seeking entry of children born to Parsi women and non-Parsi men into a fire temple, a Zoroastrian place of worship, in the city. In the said case, Firoz Edulji, counsel for the Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Calcutta, had sought permission for live streaming on the ground that the hearing of the case is of utmost importance to all Parsis in the country and they would benefit from the outcome of the case.
With this historic step of live stream hearing, the public will be able to virtually watch the proceedings of the Chief Justice’s bench and increase the accountability of the judicial system as well as access to justice. However, the rules and notification regarding live streaming are yet to be notified by the Calcutta High Court.
Allegations of giving appointment letter without counseling
The appointment letters have been provided to the candidates without counseling. Making similar allegations, a candidate named Salma Sultana has filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court against the Board of Secondary Education, on which Justice Vishwajit Basu has directed the Board to submit its report by next Monday. The High Court has asked the council that how the appointment letter was handed over without counselling, the council will have to answer this. Not only this, along with this, the judge directed the inspector of the education department of the concerned district to appear in the court and answer. The judge clearly said that he will not give any extra time to the council in this matter.
If even the slightest discrepancy is found in the statement, the forensic team will be entrusted with the task of investigating it. Significantly, Salma Sultana, a resident of Dakshin Dinajpur district, has claimed that she was not called by the council in the counseling held for appointment as a teacher in upper primary school in 2019, but she has strong evidence that she The appointment letter has been handed over to someone else in the name. Now in this matter, the High Court has sought an answer from the council.
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