Supreme Court of India

Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 57

Bench Dipak Misra, A. M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud JJ.

Decided 26 September 2018

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the cause brought before this Court by the protagonists in larger public interest, deserves acceptance so as to uphold the constitutional rights of public and the litigants, in particular.

Judgment, page 51

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Arts. 19(1)(a), 21 and 145(4) – Live streaming of proceedings of cases in Supreme Court having public importance – Sought by filing Writ Petition u/Art.32 – Held: Open trials and its acc ess to the public is an accepted proposition – Indian legal system subscribes to the concept of open courts – Art.145(4) stipulat es that pronouncements shall be made in open court – Open court hearing can be traced from s.327 of Cr.P. . and s.153- of IPC – Thus all the courts in India are open to the public, except when administ ration of justice requires restriction to public access –

Authorities it was built on

1966 Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. cited by 38
1985 Olga Tellis & Ors. v. Bombay Municipal Corporation & Ors. Etc. cited by 32
2010 Md. Shahabuddin v. State of Bihar & Ors. cited by 8
1992 Life Insurance Corpn. of India and Ors. Etc. v. Prof. Manubhai D. Shah Etc. Etc. cited by 6
2017 Santhini v. Vijaya Venketesh cited by 3
2017 Krishna Veni Nagam v. Harish Nagam cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Wikimedia Foundation Inc. v. Ani Media Private Limited & Ors. referred to
2023 Kishan Chand Jain v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2021 Chief Election Commissioner of India v. M.r Vijayabhaskar & Ors. referred to

Of those, 4 referred to

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