New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined the plea of senior advocate Kapil Sibal who sought to stop the live streaming of the proceedings related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and hospital in Kolkata.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr D Y Chandrachud said ‘we will not stop the livestreaming. It was a matter of public interest’.
Sibal said , “ I have great concern at what is happening.. The case was taken suo motu and when a matter is live streamed like this, it will have huge emotive implications’.
‘The Senior Advocate clarified he is not appearing for the accused, but for the State of Bengal, and as soon as the Court makes a comment, our reputation is getting destroyed overnight. It has 50 years of reputation’.
In the Swapnil case, it was said that such cases should not be live streamed, Sibal said.
There are threats to women in my chamber, and then there are posts about me laughing.. When did I laugh? It is being said that acid will be thrown at them and raped, etc.. People on the ground are saying this, he said.
‘The CJI assured Sibal that if there was any such threat to any man or woman, we would step in’.
