CPC Section 153B. — Place of trial to be deemed to be open Court

Civil

Summary

The place where a civil court hears a case is considered an open court, meaning the general public can enter and watch as long as there is enough space. However, the judge in charge may decide at any point during a case to order that the public, or a specific person, cannot enter or must leave the courtroom.

Official Text

The place in which any Civil Court is held for the purpose of trying any suit shall be deemed to be an open Court, to which the public generally may have access so far as the same can conveniently contain them:

Provided that the presiding Judge may, if he thinks fit, order at any stage of any inquiry into or trial of any particular case, that the public generally, or any particular person, shall not have access to, or be or remain in, the room or building used by the Court.