SC Order, CCTV Should Be Installed In Offices Of CBI-ED

SC order, CCTV should be installed in offices of all investigating agencies including CBI-ED.

The SC on Wednesday also directed the Central Government to install CCTV cameras and recording equipment in the offices of such investigating agencies.

These including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED), and National Investigation Agency (NIA) which conduct inquiries, and those who have the right to arrest.

SC order: The bench of Justice RF Nariman, Justice KM Joseph, and Justice Anirudh Bose said that the state and union territories should ensure CCTV installations.

Every police station, all entry and exit gates, main gates, lockups, corridors, lobby, And CCTV cameras should be installed outside the reception as well as outside the reception room so that no space is left behind.

In 2018, the apex court had ordered the installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations to prevent human rights violations. The bench further said that the CCTV system should have audio-video footage as well as night vision equipment.

It will be mandatory for the Center, States, and Union Territories to procure systems that have storage capacity for maximum time (minimum of one year).

“Apart from this, the Central Government is also directed that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Investigation Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED), Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

Department of Revenue Intelligence, Serious CCTV cameras, and recording equipment should also be installed in the offices of the Fraud Investigation Office and other agencies that are empowered to conduct investigations and arrests.

Most such agencies conduct inquiries within their offices. CCTV cameras must be installed in all such offices where such inquiries are made and accused are kept like police stations, .

SC order: The top court said, adding that in September this year, it gave three states and union territories in this case.

As per the April 2018 order, each police station was asked to explain the actual location of CCTV cameras and the formation of oversight committees.

In its 12-page order, the bench said that by November 24, 14 states had filed an affidavit of compliance and action report.

In these too, most of the state police stations failed to give the actual location and other details of CCTV cameras.

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He said that a more balanced and sympathetic approach can be adopted in cases involving sexual violence by increasing the representation of women in the judiciary.

Venugopal said that there are currently only two women judges as against the total of 34 judges approved in the Supreme Court and the number has been consistently lower in the higher judiciary.

Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice S. Venugopal made this suggestion to the bench of Ravindra Bhat during the hearing on the appeal against the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court by advocate Aparna Bhat.

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