RAJ VIKRAM SINGH v. HONBLE REGISTRAR GENERAL HONBLE HIGH COURT JUDICATURE LKO. AND ANOTHER
WPIL/268/2025 · 2025-03-26
Ajai Kumar Srivastava I, Attau Rahman Masoodi
Public Interest Litigationbody2025
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:17270-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 268 of 2025 Petitioner :- Raj Vikram Singh Respondent :- Honble Registrar General Honble High Court Judicature Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- In Person Counsel for Respondent :- Gaurav Mehrotra Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. Heard Shri Raj Vikram Singh, the petitioner (in person) and Shri Gaurav Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondent. This writ petition, filed in public interest, prays for the relief as under :
"To issue a writ of mandamus to direct the opposite parties to start the live-streaming of the court proceeding as per the Model Rules for Live Streaming and Recording of Court proceedings dated 13.09.2022 the Hon'ble Supreme Court as soon as possible." The prayer appears to have been made in the light of a decision of Hon'ble the Apex Court in Swapnil Tripathi vs. Supreme Court of India reported in 2018 (10) SCC 639. Although several preliminary objections have been raised against the maintainability of the present writ petition, particularly the own interest of the petitioner as spelt out in paragraph no.12, yet this Court finds that efforts on the administrative side are on to link the court proceedings particularly in important matters with the digital media. As soon as the system is adequately equipped to carry out the objectives of the live-streaming of Court proceedings as per the formulated scheme, if any, the same may be implemented leaving no room for objection from any quarters. From the averments made in the writ petition, we
gather that no effort whatsoever has been made by the petitioner on the administrative side to find out the status nor is there any opinion of wide import impressed upon which may have given rise to a justiciable cause for interference under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. That being the position, we hope that the system in place will take adequate care to implement the guidelines as may be applicable to make the working conditions more transparent and user friendly. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. (A. K. Srivastava-I,J.) (A. R. Masoodi,J.) Order Date :- 26.3.2025 Mahesh Digitally signed by :- MAHESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench