With the increased call for transparency in the justice delivery system, the Patna High Court on Friday started live-streaming proceedings from a Division Bench of the Court..The Division Bench comprising Justices Chakradhari Singh and Madhuresh Prasad live-streamed their proceedings..This follows in the footsteps of the Gujarat High Court, which was the pioneer to begin live-streaming on its YouTube channel. In fact, at the launch of the Gujarat High Court’s live-streaming ofproceedings, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana had hinted that the Supreme Court might soon start live-streaming of proceedings from at least some of its Courtrooms..Following which several High Courts including Orissa and Madhya Pradesh took similar decisions, in the interest of transparency and greater access..Most recently, the Delhi High Court issued notice in an application seeking live-streaming of proceedings in cases calling for recognition of same-sex marriage in the country..The Patna High Court's live-streams can be found on their YouTube channel.
