Jabalpur:The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday stayed illegal uploading, editing, sharing, using and morphing of videos of live streaming of court proceedings on social media platforms. A division bench comprising Chief Justice SK Kait and Justice Vivek Jain also issued notices to the Union and state governments, the High Court's Registrar General, Meta Platforms Inc., YouTube and X on a petition demanding the removal of such videos from social media platforms.
Dr Vijay Bajaj, a Damoh-based businessman, filed the petition against illegal uploading, sharing, and transmission of videos of live streaming of court claiming it violates Madhya Pradesh High Court Live Streaming Rules, his counsel Utkarsh Agrawal said.