High Court to begin livestreaming hearings

High Court has made the decision to begin livestreaming all open hearings held at the court. 

The decision was made with the unanimous consensus of the court’s judges during a meeting of the Council of Judges on Thursday. 

High Court had held online hearings when restrictions had been in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. It had livestreamed the hearings via its YouTube channel. 

The court had also livestreamed hearings that involved a high level of public interest, such as the appeal over the money laundering conviction against former Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.