High Court has inherent jurisdiction to hold a trial in
camera if the ends of justice clearly and necessarily
require the adoption of such ... trial. The power to
prevent publication of proceedings is a facet of the power
to hold, a trial in camera and cm from
thinks fit, order at any stage of any inquiry into, or trial of, any particular case, that the public generally, or any particular person, shall ... room or building used by the court. [Provided further that in camera trial shall be conducted as far as practicable by a woman Judge
open trial which, is caveated with a
directive that, in a case involving rape, trial "shall" be held in camera.
Simultaneously, it confers ... holding trial, he ought not to hold the
trial or the enquiry at such a place.
22.4 The principle of open trial was altered with
administration of justice, namely, holding trial in public, to direct that trial should be held in camera. We may also refer to some ... held in public and: that it may be held in camera and camera trial can be directed not merely by an order of Court
Santhini vs Vijaya Venketesh on 9 October, 2017
Equivalent citations: AIR 2017 SUPREME COURT 5745
constitute one or more special Courts in the interest of speedy trial of offences. Section 6 relates to the sitting of these special Courts ... powers of Special Courts. Section 11 states that trials will be held in camera. It also provides for protection of witnesses. Section 12 provides that
unlikely that the Legislature would provide
for a camera trial and at the same time provide for
giving copies of all documents under section ... reasonable trial, yet the public can be excluded
from the hearings of the trial and the proceedings can be
held in camera only under very
until the proceedings were declared to be in camera trial and the
audience were excluded expressly, language of Section 327 would
not be attracted ... made of
Chapter 5, which deals with the procedure for trial, including trial
in camera and publication of court proceedings.
13. Learned Senior Counsel
proceedings in camera and also take steps for the protection of witnesses. Section 17 of the Act provides that the trial by the Designated Courts
itself may make it necessary for the Court to hold a trial in camera. While emphasising the importance of public trial, we cannot overlook ... exercise of his inherent power to hold the trial in camera either partly or fully? If the primary function of the Court
