What happened: audio muted during live-streaming of oral mentionings in Court 1
The Supreme Court muted the audio feed during live-streaming of oral mentionings held before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant in Court 1. The Supreme Court live-feed control room issued a notice in the chat box stating that, as per direction, audio would be stopped in Court 1 while video would continue.
Impact on what the public and lawyers could hear
With audio muted and video continuing, members of the public, media persons, and lawyers could not hear the oral exchanges between the Bench and lawyers making urgent mentionings during the live stream.
Background: oral mentionings as urgent requests during daily court functioning
Oral mentionings are described as a routine part of the Supreme Court’s daily functioning. Lawyers use oral mentionings to seek urgent hearings, sometimes to safeguard life, liberty, and other fundamental rights. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s described position is that oral mentionings are an administrative exercise rather than a judicial proceeding.
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