Overview

• A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta ordered registration of a PIL titled “Lack of functional CCTVs in police stations.”
• The action followed a Dainik Bhaskar report stating 11 people died in Rajasthan police custody over the past seven to eight months of 2025.
• The Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Paramvir Singh Saini mandated audio‑video, night‑vision CCTV coverage across all police stations and in interrogation offices of central agencies.
• State filings and recent reporting show patchy compliance, frequent equipment failures, missing oversight committees, and claims of unavailable footage in custodial‑death cases.
• The court is expected to call for compliance affidavits, action plans, and progress reports from states, Union Territories, and the Centre to reinforce earlier directions.