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IN RE LACK OF FUNCTIONAL CCTVS IN POLICE STATIONS VS
ITEM NO.8 COURT NO.2 SECTION PIL-W
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) No(s). 7/2025 IN RE LACK OF FUNCTIONAL CCTVS IN POLICE STATIONS Petitioner(s) IA No. 229821/2025 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
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SLP(Crl) No. 3543/2020 (II-B) IA No. 33081/2024 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION
IA No. 79898/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 26113/- CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 90624/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING COUNTER
AFFIDAVIT
IA No. 26672/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 63144/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 8919/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 12227/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 91778/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 12159/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 32158/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 11296/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 11232/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 11064/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 63139/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 10314/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 26111/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 25280/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 20846/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 66161/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 117574/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 135606/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 138529/2023 - INTERLOCUTARY APPLICATION IA No. 146824/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 118616/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 28732/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 63148/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
W.P.(Crl.) No. 10/2021 (X)
IA No. 1829/2021 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 1833/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT W.P.(Crl.) No. 79/2021 (X)
IA No. 17363/2021 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL
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VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 17356/2021 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF CONMT.PET.(C) No. 731/2022 in SLP(Crl) No. 3543/2020 (II-B) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 839/2023 in SLP(Crl) No. 3543/2020 (II-B) SLP(Crl) No. 6773/2023 (II-A)
IA No. 107100/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
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IA No. 107102/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
Diary No(s). 30807/2024 (II-B)
IA No. 149602/2024 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 149601/2024 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 149596/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. Diary No(s). 33069/2024 (II-B)
Date : 26-02-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA By Courts Motion
Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv.(Amicus Curiae) Ms. JemtiBen Ao, Adv.
Ms. Gayathri Venugopal, Adv.
Ms. Manvi Sharma, Adv.
For Petitioner(s) :
Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. Wattan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Yuvraj Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Bankey Bihari, AOR
Mr. Himanshu Bhushan, AOR
Mr. Gautam Awasthi, AOR
Mr. Ashish Batra, AOR
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For Respondent(s) :
Mr. R. Venkatramani, AG for India (NP) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (NP)
Mr. Rajkumar Bhaskar Thakare, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Rohit Khare, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. A.k.sharma (aor), Adv. Mr. R Venkataramani, AG for India (NP) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (NP)
Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Mr. R.venkataramani, AG for India (NP) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG (NP)
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Kartkay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, S G (NP) Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR
Ms. Shailja Singh, Adv.
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Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam, Adv Gen/ Sr. Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Rai, Adv.
Mrs. Rajshree Rai, Adv.
Ms. Farhat Naim, Adv.
Ms. Modoyia Kayina, Adv.
Mr. Paras Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Parimal Rai, Adv.
Mr. Shreyansh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Adv.
M/S R And R Law Associates, AOR Ms. Jugnu Bagga, Sr. Adv.
Mr. M.C. Mehta, AOR
Mr. Nikunj Dayal, AOR
Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR
Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv.
Ms. Disha Singh, AOR
Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.
Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR
Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.
Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Adv.
Ms. Vidyottma Jha, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Mr. Prashant Bhagwati, Adv.
Mr. Nimesh Bhatt, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, A.A.G.
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Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Ms. Nidhi Narwal, Adv. Ms. Srishti Jain, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR Mr. Alok Nayak, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Nagpal, Adv.
Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv. Mrs. Riya Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Aarohi Garg, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, ADv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.
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Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv. Ms. Saubhagya Sundriyal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Srikanth Varma Mudunuru, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR
Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR
Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Mrinal Ekar Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.
Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Vats, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv. Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv.
Ms. Saubhagya Sundriyal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv.
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Mr. V V V M B N S Pattabhiram, D.A.G. Mr. Sarthak Raizada, Ga, Adv. Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, AOR Mrs. Pratima Singh, Adv.
Mr. Arpit Garg, Adv.
Ms. Sakshi, Adv.
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Mr. Prashant Bhagwati, Adv. Mr. Nimesh Bhatt, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.
Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv. Mr. Kailash Parsad Pandey Aor, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kumar Solanki, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv. Ms. Shreya Jha, Adv.
Ms. Charanjeet Sidhu, Adv. Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv. Ms. Ritika Raj, Adv. Mr. Satvik Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dilip Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prince Raj, Adv. Mr. Bhagat Ram, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Supriya, Adv.
Mr. Satish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jatin Malik, Adv. Mr. Desh Pal Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Rajput, Adv.
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Mr. Ram Narayan Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Ms. Patil Rekha Chandra Gouda, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Ambuj Swaroop, Adv. Mr. Kapil Katare, Adv. Ms. Rajnandani Kumari, Adv. Mr. Saksham Gahoi, Adv. Mr. Vishwas Sharma, Adv. Mr. Harsh Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Srikanth Varma Mudunuru, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Ms. Nidhi Narwal, Adv. Ms. Srishti Jain, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv. Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR Mr. Bhagwant Deshpande, Adv. Ms. Subhi Pastor, Adv. Mr. Uday Gutam, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv.
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Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Ms. Astha Singh, Adv. Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Pursuant to order dated 29.01.2026, the meeting as directed was held on 21.02.2026. According to Mr. Siddhartha Dave, learned senior counsel, Union of India, NCT Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, U.T. Dadra & Nagar Havelli & Daman & Diu and U.T. Lakshadweep, did not participate in the said meeting. As such, he could not filed the report as required.
Mr. Raja Thakre, learned Additional Solicitor General, appearing for the Union of India, has already apologized and submits that due to some communication gap, the officers of the Union of India could not participate. He, however, assures that whenever the next date is fixed, they will extend full cooperation. Mr. Siddhartha Dave, learned senior counsel suggested 14.03.2026 as the next date for holding the meeting.
Let the meeting be held, as directed earlier,
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again on 14.03.2026, in terms of the directions contained in the order dated 29.01.2026. The Registry shall ensure that the link is sent to all the States and Union Territories, who were not represented on the previous date, mentioned above. List the matters again on 23.03.2026.
(NEETU KHAJURIA)
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR-CUM-PS
(RANJANA SHAILEY)
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
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