5 days ago
Court proceedings circulated on social media: State to HC
Madurai: The state govt on Tuesday informed the
Madras high court
that video clippings of court proceedings related to the Thiruppuvanam custodial death case hearing on July 1 were being recorded and circulated on social media, in violation of the Madras High Court Video-Conferencing in Courts Rules, 2020.
A division bench of justice S M Subramaniam and justice A D Maria Clete was hearing a batch of public interest litigations concerning the recent custodial death of B Ajith Kumar in Thiruppuvanam in Sivaganga district. During the course of the hearing, additional advocate general (AAG) M Ajmal Khan, appearing for the state, submitted that video clippings were circulated on social media. However, the judges orally observed that the court would deal with the matter separately.
Speaking to TOI, senior counsel Khan said, "Some fringe elements posted selective clippings of oral observations made by the judges in the court, projecting as though an order was being pronounced. These clippings circulated on social media are misused to defame the state govt."
He stated that Rule 3(8) of the Madras High Court Video-Conferencing in Courts Rules reads, "There shall be no unauthorised recording of judicial proceedings by any person." The state just wanted to bring to the court's notice that court proceedings were being recorded and circulated on social media.
