ISLAMABAD: The Registrar office of the Supreme Court on Saturday returned a constitutional petition seeking live streaming/broadcast of the proceedings of the apex court in all matters of public importance.On March 9, Raheel Kamran Sheikh Advocate had filed a petition in the Supreme Court under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, seeking live streaming/broadcast of the proceedings of the apex court in all matters of public importance. The Registrar office of the apex court however, on Saturday returned the petition for not being entertainable on the grounds that the petitioner has not approached any other appropriate forum available to him under the law for the same relief adding that he has also not provided any justification for not doing so. Similarly, the certificate provided in the constitution petition does not fulfill the requirements of Order XXV Rule 6 of Supreme Court Rules 1980, the Registrar office further stated. In his petition, Kamran had claimed that live streaming will reduce the congestion in the courtroom and will reduce the need for the litigants to travel to the court to observe the proceedings in their cases. He while citing Articles 9, 10A, 19A and Article 25 of the Constitution had sought the intervention of the top court to issue directives in this regard, arguing that the order would reinforce the rule of law, ensure the upholding of the principle of open, transparent and accessible justice, uphold the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Court, and enhance public confidence in the institution of the judiciary. The petitioner had submitted that under Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925, recording of court proceedings used to be a crime in England and also amounted to be contempt of court, but this position has changed with the implementation of the Constitutional Reforms Act 2005. "As of now, the media is permitted to broadcast court proceedings and hearings are live streamed and recorded", the petitioner had contended.He said that England is not the only country to have allowed live streaming broadcasting and recording of court proceedings but Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Northern Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Scotland and South Africa to have allowed the live broadcast of court proceedings.
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