New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to incorporate provisions for penalising violations of its directions prohibiting the unauthorised sharing of audio-video recordings of court proceedings in its proposed policy on the issue.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing a batch of petitions concerning the live-streaming, recording and publication of court proceedings.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Court that the suggestions received from various stakeholders had been forwarded to MeitY, which is preparing a policy to address concerns over the commercial exploitation and misleading circul...