Karnataka HC tells social media firms to bar video clips from live-streamed court proceedings
The court passed the interim order in response to a petition filed after a judge’s controversial comments were widely shared online earlier this month.
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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered social media platforms Facebook, X and YouTube not to allow individuals to upload clips from live-streamed videos of court proceedings, Live Law reported.
The court, in an interim order, also directed the social media companies to delete any such videos unauthorisedly posted on their channels.
Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order in response to a petition by the Advocates Association Bengaluru seeking that social media users, media agencies and the public be restrained from using live-streamed videos of court proceedings.
The petition was filed after two video clips showing High Court Justice V Srishananda making controversial comments during two separate hearings were widely shared online in recent days.
The lawyers’ association argued that videos of court proceedings have given the public the scope to criticise the judiciary and advocates in an unwarranted manner. It also claimed that the videos were hurting young professionals in the field.
Although the judge on Tuesday told social media platforms not to allow clips from live-streamed court proceedings, he also verbally observed that stopping live streaming was not the solution to concerns about its misuse.
“Even judges have to be thick-skinned,” Chandangoudar said, according to Bar and Bench. “I agree that lawyers morale can be affected but the solution is not to stop live streaming. Any offence is made, you bring it...
