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- The court directed an amicus-led meeting with the Centre, states and UTs to review utilisation of funds for CCTV installation.
- The matter will be heard next on May 13, with a report to be submitted following the meeting.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that a meeting be held on May 6 to discuss the utilisation of funds by states for installing CCTVs in police stations across the country.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, assisting as amicus curiae in a suo motu case on non-functional CCTVs in police stations, to convene the meeting with the Centre, all states and Union Territories.
"We are of the view that a meeting be convened by the amicus, as done earlier, in which the home secretary of the central government or his nominee not below the rank of joint or additional secretary and the home secretary of states/Union Territories will participate," the bench said.
The issue arose after the amicus flagged concerns over how states were utilising allocated funds. |
