Shillong, Nov 9: The High Court of Meghalaya on Wednesday started live streaming of court proceedings.
An official statement in this regard said that pursuant to Meghalaya High Court (Live Streaming of Court Proceedings) Rule, 2022 notified on October 17 this year, with the objective of effectuating and broadening the implementation of the open court concept, the court proceedings of the Benches of the High Court commenced live streaming from November 9.
“Litigants and the general public do not have to waste their entire day to view how their matter is proceeding, but instead can view the court proceedings from the comfort of their offices and homes. Also, to the common man it will help give a better understanding of the functioning of the court. Further, young lawyers will get the opportunity of witnessing senior advocates from other parts of the country participate on the virtual platform, which will raise the standard and the aspirations of the youth”, the registrar general of the court said.
The court completed the process of setting up of infrastructure and system in place for implementation of live streaming of court proceedings.
The court is functioning in a hybrid mode where both physical and virtual modes are operating together for all the courts. Advocates/litigants are at liberty to attend court proceedings either physically in person or virtually through video conference. The hybrid system has diluted the inability to access justice due to the distance, it saves time and diminishes the number of unwarranted adjournments sought on the ground that one cannot appear as one is attending court in another jurisdiction, said the statement.
