Kapil Sibal's 'No Livestream' Request, Chief Justice's 'Open Court' Reply
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Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud assured that it would intervene if lawyers received threats.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal today said his women colleagues were receiving threats for representing the West Bengal government in the Kolkata rape-murder case and urged the Supreme Court not to live-stream proceedings in the sensitive matter. The Chief Justice, however, said live-streaming of hearings is in the public interest and assured Mr Sibal that it would intervene if lawyers received threats.
"I have great concerns at what is happening... when a matter is live-streamed like this which has emotive implications... we are not here for the accused, we appear for the state and as soon as the court is making a comment, our reputation is getting destroyed overnight," Mr Sibal told the bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra.
"We will not stop the live-streaming, it is in the public interest, it's an open court," the Chief Justice responded.
