Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 886 · Decided 26 September 2018
Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 886 · [2018] 11 S.C.R. 57
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1232/2017
- Decided
- 26 September 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 153, 327; CPC Section 153; Constitution Article 19(1)(a), 21, 145(4), 129, 145
Headnote
Constitution of India: Arts. 19(1)(a), 21 and 145(4) - Live streaming of proceedings of cases in Supreme Court having public importance - Sought by filing Writ Petition u/Art.32 - Held: Open trials and its access to the public is an accepted proposition - Indian legal of open courts - Art.145(4) stipulates that pronouncements shall be made in open court - Open court hearing can be traced from s.327 of Cr.P.C. and s.153-B of IPC - Thus all the courts in India are open to the public, except when administration of justice requires
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