Overview

• A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued 12 queries covering camera counts and placement, technical specifications, data storage and retention, maintenance, audits, SOPs, and surprise inspections with forensic validation.
• The Director General of Police, Rajasthan, must file an affidavit within two weeks, and the case is listed for further hearing on October 14.
• The court recorded that efforts to obtain police-station footage failed and said non-functioning cameras and non-preservation of data breach its Paramvir Singh Saini directions.
• The bench flagged risks of cameras being switched off manually and discussed automated, non‑human monitoring with potential IIT assistance to detect outages and tampering.
• The suo motu proceedings followed a Dainik Bhaskar report citing 11 custodial deaths in the first eight months of 2025, including seven in the Udaipur division.