Now we have many E Courts in India. In E Courts, proceedings are captured on web cam and are displayed on LCD Screen. Video Conference is available. Criminals need not be brought in court because of facility of video conferencing. The witnesses can be examined on video chats.
But the most important thing is, people can see on video how witnesses are examined, how lawyers present their cases to judges, how judges pass orders. How government pleaders argue in courts, how police present their evidence etc.
This can be a great learning and education for people if Live Streams or even a month old video streams are uploaded on Internet and made available to public.
Law says that all court hearing should be in open in public unless secret hearing is ordered by court.
I see no legal bar in making judiciary more transparent and think...... how nice it would be if people can watch hearings of their cases while sitting in their home!
It will be a revolution. E Courts have come. Video recording of court proceedings have started.
Days are not far when we can see court case hearings on Internet.
Haresh Raichura
10/6/13 16:52
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