NEW DELHI: After being reluctant for years for audio/video recording of court proceedings, the Supreme Court on Monday favoured installing of CCTV cameras in all courts including apex court to record the proceedings after the Centre also backed the proposal.The apex court and various high courts had repeatedly rejected the plea of audio/video recordings. In 2015, a Supreme Court bench headed by the CJI H L Dattu dismissed a PIL seeking its direction for video-recording of court proceedings. "You want to put CCTV in the court? "He informed that 12 High Courts had initiated the process for installing CCTV camera in lower courts in compliance with apex court's order and recording would soon commence in those courts. In other words, the A/V footage is used by the appellate judges to hear the testimony of witnesses etc.

Source: Times of India August 14, 2017 14:48 UTC