India’s courtrooms are a closed arena, where long-suffering litigants, judges, lawyers and court officials, play a slow game akin to a theatre of the absurd. Hearings drag on for decades; cases don't come up for hearing at all; and justice is routinely denied to all but the most powerful. This pathetic state was known only to the insiders or those who have had a brush to the justice system. That has now changed dramatically. Today, thousands of people follow court proceedings in real time through live streams, live-reporting on social media by specialised legal publications and viral video clips. The judiciary’s once-hallowed sanctum is now fully exposed to public gaze.

From family courts hearing marital disputes to constitutional benches debating religion or free speech, every word

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