Breaking: Supreme Court allows non-accredited journalists to carry mobile phones inside SC courtrooms

The Supreme Court has decided that it will allow non-accredited journalists to carry mobile phones inside the court rooms of Supreme Court..The decision was taken by the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra..The facility will be extended only to those journalists who have been issued six-month pass by the Court. The Deputy Registrar (Public Relations) will endorse the pass of the concerned journalist allowing her to carry mobile phones inside..The mobile phones have to be on silent mode..Last month, the Supreme Court had allowed accredited journalists to carry mobile phones inside the court rooms..The non-accredited journalists who constitute the major chunk of scribes in Supreme Court had expressed their discontent with the same. The CJI, it seems, has now addressed the grievance raised by them..Before this, only lawyers were allowed to take mobile phones inside court rooms. Live tweeting of court proceedings by certain lawyers and journalists in lawyers attire had caused disgruntlement among journalists who had raised the issue before the Chief Justice of India..Read the circular below.