SC bans posting court clips on social media

Apex Court or HC Nod Must To Share ContentNEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday barred the uploading, sharing and circulation of video clips from live-streamed court proceedings on social media and digital platforms, after finding that edited clips with biased commentary were flooding social media. Apex court said any online use of audiovisual excerpts from hearings must have the approval of SC or HC.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the interim order after senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for journalist PIL petitioner Harshita Grover, said some of these clips circulating on social media are edited with a devious mind and that a mischievous narrative is superimposed to project a negative image of the judiciary.Backing the PIL and a regulatory mec