The apex court recently stated that it wanted to know the views of the attorney general and the bar on a plea seeking live streaming of important cases being heard by it.

Attorney general KK Venugopal told a bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud that in the USA, the transcripts of the proceedings of cases can be accessed only by research scholars.

The court has posted the matter for hearing on May 3 as the attorney general said the copies of petitions for live streaming have not been served on the central government.

The court directed the petitioners to serve a copy on advocate PK Dey who would assist the attorney general in the matter.

The court was further told that top courts in other countries have the transcripts of the proceedings of important cases that are dealt by them.

Senior counsel Indira Jaising urged the court to have the video recording of the proceedings which can be kept in the top court museum. Jaising sought the live streaming of the top court proceedings of important cases including those being heard by the Constitution bench.

Basing her PIL on the right to receive information under Article 19(1)(a) and the principle of open courts and access to justice as protected under Article 21, she has sought live streaming of the Aadhaar hearing, plea for decriminalising homosexuality, challenge to discriminatory adultery law that only punishes men but spares women in extramarital relationship, and rights of Parsi women to attend the community's religious ceremonies and rituals after they marry someone outside their religion.