Telangana High Court Notifies Rules For Live Streaming & Recording Of Court Proceedings

Issued in the year 2022, the High Court has now added a link to these rules above the virtual live-streaming board that can be accessed on the High Court website.

Rule 5 prescribes cases that shall be excluded from live-streaming which include matrimonial disputes, cases related to children etc. It also prescribes for a form by way of which, objections can be raised in regards to the live streaming.

“The final decision as to whether or not to allow the Live-streaming of the Proceedings or any portion thereof will be of the Bench, however, the decision of the Bench will be guided by the principle of an open and transparent judicial process..” the Rule reads.

The rules further talk about when the live proceedings can be paused, how they will be stored, how long they should be stored up to, and how they can be accessed.

Rule 9 talks about disclaimers, prohibitions and restrictions.

“No person/entity (including print and electronic media, and social I media platforms) other than an authorized person/entity shall record, share and/or disseminate Live-streamed Proceedings or Archival Data. This provision shall also apply to all messaging applications. Any person/entity acting contrary to this provision will be prosecuted as per law. The Court shall have the exclusive copyright in the Recordings and Archival Data. Any unauthorized usage of the Live-stream will be punishable as an offence under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, Information Technology Act, 2000, and other provisions of law, including the law of Contempt.” Rule 9.2 reads.

This rule further stipulates that no proceeding can be reproduced, transmitted, uploaded, posted, modified, published or re-published in any form without the prior consent of the Court.

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