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Big brother in district courts: SC orders installation of CCTV cameras

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A view of Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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A view of Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Shedding its reluctance, the Supreme Court has ordered installation of CCTV cameras in district courts but without audio.

A bench of Justices Adarsh K Goel and Uday U Lalit directed 24 high courts across the country to make sure district and sessions courts in a minimum of two districts in every state and union territories have CCTV cameras installed inside courtrooms and also in the court precincts within three months, according to a report in the Indian Express.

The order came after several rounds of discussion between the Central government and the judiciary. Since August 2013, Union