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#SupremeCourt hears PIL seeking to restrain livestream and video circulation of court proceedings Sr Adv Vikas Singh: Livestream - personally I don't see any problem CJI Kant: Now this forces everyone to read things J Bagchi: Regulating data is one of the biggest challenges in digital space...so we should ensure limited access and therefore restrict live stream itself. Parties must expressly make prayer that I want to see...IT CAN'T BE 24/7 ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL BY COURT Singh flags what happened in J KV Viswanathan's court: it has become a joke.

#BREAKING Chief Justice of India Surya Kant refutes reports that he refused to list petition against police action on student protests. CJI says there was no petition filed in the #SupremeCourt, and a lawyer had mentioned only a letter representation. CJI says it was irresponsible and reckless reporting by the media. "In last two days, a completely false statement was made that a matter was filed, and the media is absolutely free from all responsibility, falsely reporting that Chief Justice refused to list the matter. Till morning 10 AM, not a single page has been filed. It was one representation..sent by that Mishra or someone. How can I treat the representation as a writ petition? And people start recklessly reporting this," CJI says.

STATEMENT FROM TIMES NETWORK .@TimesNetwork strongly condemns the reprehensible attacks on our reporters—Dev Kotak, Shafali Nigam, and Jyoti Mishra—while they were covering protests in New Delhi. Reporting from the ground is not just the duty of journalists; it is a Constitutionally guaranteed right flowing from the freedom of speech and expression. Any obstruction to this, therefore, is not only illegal but needs to be deplored and criticised. The manner in which some persons chose to express their disagreement through violence can have a chilling effect on the free movement and functioning of journalists across India, which is not in the interests of democracy. We may differ in views, but we cannot take the law into our own hands. Our reporters risk their safety every day to bring viewers and readers facts from the ground from every side as events unfold. Attempts at intimidation will never deter us from doing our job and will only strengthen our resolve towards impartial dissemination of news and views while fulfilling our duty as enshrined in the Constitution. For instance, our reporters have been covering the CJP protests at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, in an entirely neutral manner but despite that, Dev Kotak was singled out and assaulted in the most reprehensible manner. Similarly, Shafali Nigam and Jyoti Mishra were targeted simply for doing their jobs, while enduring physical attacks and a barrage of abuse and intimidation. These assaults—especially against women journalists carrying out their professional duties—cannot be justified under any circumstances.