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New Platform For Virtual Hearings In Supreme Court Soon; Will Be Doing Same For Entire Indian Judiciary: Justice DY Chandrachud
Mehal Jain
25 Jan 2021 11:40 AM IST
Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Monday said that the new, improved system of virtual hearings in the Supreme Court may come into force soon.The remark came when Senior Advocate Ranjit Kumar, arguing before a bench headed by Justice Chandrachud, was abruptly disconnected. Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, who was also appearing in the matter, complained about the "disruptive" nature of the hearings via...
Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Monday said that the new, improved system of virtual hearings in the Supreme Court may come into force soon.
The remark came when Senior Advocate Ranjit Kumar, arguing before a bench headed by Justice Chandrachud, was abruptly disconnected. Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, who was also appearing in the matter, complained about the "disruptive" nature of the hearings via the Vidyo and VidyoConnect platforms.
"Let me inform you that tenders had been floated to bring on board a private party, a competent platform to take over this entire effort from us. We are outsourcing it, but being a public body, we have to follow tender requirements. This exercise is on the anvil of being completed. We will be doing that by Wednesday", said Justice Chandrachud.
"Once the Supreme Court tender is finalised, I, as the Chairperson of the E- Committee of the Supreme Court, will undertake one global tender for the entire judiciary in India. That process is also almost complete. I was indisposed all of last week but we are meeting this Wednesday", continued the judge.
Even as the Supreme Court mulls over the resumption of physical hearings, AG K. K. Venugopal had last week said that he has written to the Registrar General of the court on the abysmal quality of the virtual hearing system in the court and that consequent to that, bids have come to be invited in this behalf.
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