| COURT: | Supreme Court |
| CORAM: | Adarsh Kumar Goel J, Uday Umesh Lalit J |
| SECTION(S): | Article 227 |
| GENRE: | Other Laws |
| CATCH WORDS: | CCTV Cameras in ITAT |
| COUNSEL: | Pradyuman Bisht |
| DATE: | August 14, 2017 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | August 26, 2017 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | - |
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| CCTV cameras are culture of the day and promotes good governance. All Tribunals including the ITAT should have CCTVs with audio recording. The footage of the CCTV Camera will not be available under the RTI and will not be supplied to anyone without permission of the concerned High Court | |
We asked learned Additional Solicitor General as to why the Union of India has not so far installed CCTV cameras in Tribunals where open hearing takes place like Court such as ITAT, CESTAT etc. as the tribunals stand on the same footing as far as object of CCTV camera are concerned. He is unable to dispute the utility and requirement of doing so and we see no reason why this should not be done. Recordings will help the constitutional authorities and the High Courts exercising jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution over such Tribunals. We, therefore, direct that this aspect may now be taken up by learned Additional Solicitor General with the concerned authorities so that an appropriate direction is issued by the concerned authority for installation of CCTV cameras in Tribunals in same manner as in Courts and an affidavit filed in this Court
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