India, July 17 -- Less than a week after a litigant appearing in person created a ruckus inside a Supreme Court courtroom by hurling papers, using abusive language and disrupting judicial proceedings, the apex court has decided that parties-in-person will ordinarily be encouraged to appear virtually, while those insisting on physical appearance will have to forgo live streaming and video recording of the proceedings.

The decision was taken at a full court meeting of all Supreme Court judges on Wednesday and announced through an official statement on Thursday, in what appears to be the first institutional response by the court to the July 10 disruption, which led to the arrest of two law students after one of them allegedly assaulted secu...