Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Chapter XI: Miscellaneous
Section 153B: Place of trial to be deemed to be open Court
In plain words
A civil court trying a suit is an open court, accessible to the public as far as space allows, though the presiding Judge can exclude the public or any person in a particular case.
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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.]
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