Live Streaming Of Gujarat District Courts Proceedings To Begin Soon, High Court Approves Relevant SOP

The Gujarat District Judiciary is set to witness the pilot implementation of live streaming of its proceedings soon. The Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court has approved the  Guidelines for Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings of the District Judiciary.

On Thursday, a notification was issued by the Registrar General of the HC addressed to the Principal District Judge of all the District Courts of the state asking them to be prepared for pilot implementation of live streaming informing that the same is set to be launched anytime soon.

It may be noted that the required hardware for the live streaming has already been provided and installed in the district courts and pilot testing of the hardware by the technical team of the IT Cell along with the technical team of the District Judiciary, has been done for implementation.

A notification issued in this regard issued by the Court's Registrar General reads thus:

"...this is to state that, as per the guidelines and directions of the Honourable the Chief Justice for pilot implementation of live streaming of the Courts of Principal District Judges of 32 Districts and Principal Judge, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad, required hardware for the live streaming has already been provided and installed. Also, pilot testing of the above said hardware by the technical team of the IT Cell along with the technical team of the District Judiciary, has been done for implementation. Hon ble the Chief Justice and Hon'ble Judges of the I. T. Committee of the High Court have been pleased to approve the enclosed Guidelines Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings of the Gujarat Distriet Judiciary, as prepared based on the Model Rules of Live Streaming circulated by the the e-Committee of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. As directed, pilot implementation of live streaming shall be regulated as indicated in these Guidelines SOP. As further directed, this is to request your goodself to be prepared for pilot implementation of live streaming, as it is expected to be launched anytime soon"

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