new delhi the union law ministry is all set to become the first ministry to have its own tv channel the channel will beam discussions and constitutional interpretations on key issues like triple talaq and the uniform civil code apart from debates on important judgments to spread legal awareness the ministry has sought a separate channel for this purpose from a bouquet of 32 directtohome channels launched by the ministry of human resource development hrd called swayam prabha to broadcast programmes for school and university studentsthe law ministry has already written to the hrd ministry seeking the operational rights for one channelthe ministry is considering hiring leading bollywood directors like prakash jha to produce quality programmes on legal education for the marginalisedjha was recently commissioned by the government to make 15 fiveminute short films for the national legal services authority aimed at creating legal awarenesscji j s khehar is the patroninchief of nalsa which is engaged in providing free legal aid to the poorthe ministry has launched an open competition for freelance filmmakers and students of various law schools with a cash prize of rs 20000rs 50000 for five to 30minute films on relevant issuesthe idea is to create a bank of enriched material on legal issues that can be best used by the common man said a senior officer associated with the project documentaries short films and clips are what the ministry is looking for to create its bank and it is open to commissioning various production houses and law universities for content based on research and ground studiesthe government will start the project by first broadcasting programmes for a few hours every day once it gathers enough content the channel will run 247under upa there was a similar idea of launching a tv channel dedicated to the supreme court however since the apex court was completely against recording of its proceedings the government had to shelve the idea the sc was not ready to allow recording of proceedings even in lower courts