New Delhi, July 25 -- The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the extraction, editing, dissemination, reposting, uploading and monetisation of audio and video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission from the concerned court registrars, observing that courts cannot become a "24/7 entertainment channel" and that access to virtual hearings requires regulation and a careful balancing of transparency with the administration of justice. "As an interim measure, it is directed that there shall be no extraction, modification, monetisation, posting, reposting or uploading of audio-video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media or other platforms without permission of the secretary general of the Supreme Court or the registrar general of the jurisdictional high courts," directed the bench. P4...