New Delhi, May 13

Chief Justice NV Ramana on Thursday said he was “actively” considering the proposal to live telecast the proceedings of the Supreme Court.

The CJI, however, said before initiating concrete steps in this regard, he would seek general consensus among his colleagues in the top court.

Ramana was speaking at the launch of an app for granting access of virtual proceedings of the Supreme Court to mediapersons.

Recalling his days as a journalist, the CJI said media faced great challenges in reporting and came to know that journalists were depending on advocates to get links to cover court proceedings. Thus there was request to create a mechanism so that press could attend the hearings, he said.

Urging the media to use the resources (app) responsibly and follow Covid protocol, the CJI said technology, particularly one that is newly developed, was sensitive and might be subject to some flaws in the early days of its use .

"Small issues are bound to arise, which should not be unnecessarily magnified. I request everyone to be patient, to be encouraging and supportive to the technical team to ensure that the application works without any problems,” he said. —PTI