Observing live telecast of court proceedings

You watched the last cricket World Cup final on your phone, from a local train, without a ticket. Some courts now let you watch a hearing the same way. A judge in Delhi or Mumbai hears a constitutional question and you follow it from your hostel room. Is that really the same as sitting in the courtroom, and can you count it as practical training? The answer lies in what the law makes open, and in a method for watching that turns a screen into a classroom.

In two minutes

Watching a court's official live telecast is the virtual counterpart of sitting in an open court: the principle of open justice is the same, and your method of noting stage, arguments and orders is the same, with extra care over source, device and courtesy.

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