Supreme Court Bans Unauthorised Sharing of Court Proceeding Clips on Social Media
L'essentiel
- The Supreme Court of India issued an interim order banning social and digital media platforms from transmitting or monetizing clips of court proceedings without prior permission, citing concerns over selective circulation, distortion, and maligning of the judiciary.
- The decision came during a PIL hearing seeking a regulatory framework.
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The Supreme Court issued an interim order banning the unauthorized sharing of court proceeding clips due to concerns that selective, edited, and decontextualized content was being used to malign the judiciary and distort proceedings.
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order banning social media and digital media platforms from transmitting, storing, uploading, posting or reposting clips of court proceedings without prior permission from the top court or the concerned high court. The apex court issued the direction after taking strong exception to the selective circulation of clips from live-streamed hearings, observing that such content was being used in a manner that maligned the judiciary and distorted courtroom proceedings.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana also issued notices to the Centre and other respondents on a plea seeking guidelines to regulate the clipping, editing, dissemination and monetisation of videos of court proceedings on digital platforms. "As an interim measure, it is directed that there shall be no extraction, modification, dissemination, posting, reposting, uploading or monetisation of audio-video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media or other digital platforms without prior permission of the Secretary General of this Court or the Registrar General of the jurisdictional High Courts," the bench observed.
The order was passed while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a journalist seeking a regulatory framework for the use of audiovisual recordings of court proceedings on digital platforms. The petition contended that selective, edited and decontextualised clips of live-streamed hearings were being widely circulated on social media, undermining the dignity of courts and eroding public confidence in the justice delivery system. Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate Vikas Singh argued that videos of court proceedings were increasingly being misused across social media and other digital platforms. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta supported the concern, telling the court that "there has to be some regulation." The Supreme Court, however, clarified that the interim order does not affect fair and accurate news reporting of court proceedings.
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Perspective IA — des possibilités, pas des certitudes
The Supreme Court will issue final guidelines for regulating the use of court proceeding videos on digital platforms.
Probable · En quelques mois
Questions ouvertes
- What will the final guidelines for regulating court video use entail?
- How will the interim ban be enforced across various digital platforms?
- What specific criteria will be used for granting permission to use clips?
