IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
WRIT
PETITION (CIVIL) NO.________ OF 2015
(D) No. 484549/2015
IN THE MATTER OF
A.C.Philip …PETITIONER
Versus
Union of
India and Others
P R A Y E R
It
is, therefore, this Hon’ble Court may graciously be pleased to:
a) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other
appropriate writ, order or direction to the Respondents herein to take adequate
steps and measures to introduce the system of video recording the proceedings
of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, all the High Courts and their respective
subordinate Courts and Tribunals in this country, as an authentic record of the
proceedings, allow the copies of the said records to be issued to the public on
demand paying of the costs, allow the court proceedings to be telecasted by the
media, and also allow the same proceedings to be uploaded to the internet; and
if
the said prayer is not admissible and maintainable for whatever reason as this
Hon’ble Court may find proper, in the alternative without prejudice to the
above, to allow the litigant public/parties to litigation to video record
non-intrusively the proceedings in which they are parties at their own cost and
effort and issue directions to the respondents not to interfere in any way to
such non intrusive efforts, declaring that there is no illegality or
misdemeanor in such recording ;
b) issue notice to the public at large in
terms of order-I, Rule-8(ii) of the Code Of Civil Procedure, 1908, since the
prayer sought for in the instant Writ Petition involve the interest of the
public at large, though such a procedure is seldom observed by this court in
PILs where the interest of the public at large are invariably involved ;
and
c) pass such other order
or orders, as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and
circumstances of the case.
