THE Supreme Court on Wednesday said things are moving well and have taken a positive turn in the matter concerning installation of CCTVs in police stations across the country. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was informed by senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, who is assisting the top court as an amicus curiae in the matter, that substantial progress has been made. “It is heartening to note that in this matter, things are moving very well and we must give credit to Dave for his efforts,” the bench said, adding that things have taken a positive turn in the last few months. The top court was hearing a suo motu matter concerning the lack of functional CCTVs in police stations. During the hearing, the bench flagged two issues -- extension of the funding scheme for installation of CCTVs in police stations and maintenance of cameras installed.

 

The law officer appearing for the Centre said he would take instructions on these aspects. The top court granted two weeks to the law officer to take instructions and posted the matter for hearing on August 5. It noted that the amicus has placed before it a note based on the meeting held on July 11 with the representatives of the Centre, states and the Union Territories (UTs). On May 13, the amicus had informed the bench that most of the states were proceeding in the right direction and substantial work was carried out with regard to the installation of CCTVs in police stations.