new delhi the supreme court on thursday said that it wants to institutionalise the live streaming process so that there is a uniform platform where courts across the country can webcast their proceedingsthe top court said though it has started the process a proper system needs to be put in place and for that suggestions have been sought from the publica bench of justices dy chandrachud and hima kohli which was hearing a plea filed by advocate mathews j nedumpara seeking live streaming of proceedings said this court has followed the law laid down in its september 27 2018 verdict of a threejudge benchwe have started the process but we want to institutionalise the process where every court across the country can live stream their proceedings it should not be like one court is doing while the other is not there has to be some kind of uniformity for this an uniform platform is needed which has viable access across the country the bench saidjustice chandrachud said the live streaming process should not be haphazard or adhoc but there has to be continuity to thiswe have framed the legal framework as a chair of the ecommittee we have formulated the rules and put it out for suggestions from the public we are seeking feedback from the public he said and asked nedumpara to give suggestions as to how this system could be more feasiblethe bench said many high courts such as orissa madhya pradesh gujarat and patna have started this process and many chief justices are writing to the ecommittee to know about the process of live streamingyou nedumpara can also seek the help of domain experts and let us know about the viable solution as to how we can institutionalise this entire process on a common platform the bench said and posted his plea for hearing in januaryon september 27 the top court had for the first time taken a giant leap towards transparency and accessibility and live streamed proceedings of its three constitution benches simultaneously through its webcast and video streaming on youtube which was watched by more than eight lakh viewersthe decision to live stream the proceedings of the constitution benches was taken by the full court on september 20 and soon trial runs were undertaken by the registrythe technical support teams ensured that the live streaming was without any obstruction or difficulty and was completely seamless a press statement of the top court had saidit also added that this step will go a long way in overcoming barriers of distance and provide to citizens from every nook and corner of the country opportunity to watch supreme court proceedingsproceedings of three constitution benches including a bench headed by chief justice of india uu lalit which heard and reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the 103rd constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections ews persons in admissions and government jobsa bench headed by chief justice lalit had recently