Paramvir Singh Saini vs. Baljit Singh

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ITEM Nos. 12 and 17 Court 2 (Video Conferencing) SECTION II-B

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 3543/2020

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 22-11- 2016 in CRWP No. 1245/2016 passed by the High Court Of Punjab & Haryana At Chandigarh)

PARAMVIR SINGH SAINI Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

BALJIT SINGH & ORS. Respondent(s)

IA No. 63144/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 63139/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 63148/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

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W.P. (Crl.) 10 of 2021 (for admission and ex-parte ad-interim relief and exemption from filing affidavit)

Date : 27-01-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH

Counsel for the<br>parties	Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General<br>Ms. Madhavi Divan, ASG<br>Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv.<br>Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR
	Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR<br>Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv.<br>Mr. P. S. Negi, Adv.<br>Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv.<br>Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, Adv.

Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Gurinder Singh Gill, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aashna Gill, Adv. Mr. Pratap Singh Gill, Adv. Ms. Bhupinder, Adv. Ms. Vandana Hooda, Adv. Mr. P. P. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Kuldeep Singh Kuchaliya, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhari, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Jaswant Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh Negi, Adv. Mr. Vinod Diwakar, AAG Ms. Ruchira Goel, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhama, Adv. Mr. P. N. Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Adv. Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, Adv. Mr. Bipin Joshi, Adv. Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushant Dogra, Adv. Mr. Bankey Bihari, AOR Mr. Dhawaljeet Dutta, Adv. Mr. Birendra Bikram, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kamal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Dayal, AOR Mr. Sparsh Gupta, Adv. Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Mr. Karanvir Gogia, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Singhal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR

Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Sahil Raveen, Adv. Mr. S. V. Verma, Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Hussain Ali, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Ms. Shashi Juneja, Adv. Mr. Satish Pandey, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chaudhry, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Ms. Rati Tandon, Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Anupama Ng, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Mr. D. K. Devesh, AOR Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Rajarajeswaran S., Adv. Mr. Aditya Chadha, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR

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Ms. Sweena Nair, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. K. V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Prasanna S., Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Various States and Union Territories have, pursuant to our order dated 02.12.2020, given affidavits to this Court. Sh.Siddharth Dave, learned Amicus Curiae appointed by this Court, has given a detailed Report, being Report No. 3, in which he details the extent of compliance/non-compliance with the 18 points set out succinctly by him, gleaned from our order dated 02.12.2020. This Report, which is filed with the Registry on 25.01.2021, is taken on record and shall form part of the record of this case. A chart indicating the status of compliance, which has been taken from Sh. Siddharth Dave's Report, is annexed to this order. It is obvious that the first thing which stares us in the face is that, finances

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have to be made over and budgetary allocations made in order that our orders be complied with in letter and spirit.

We, therefore, direct each of the States/Union Territories mentioned in this Chart to file an affidavit within a period of three weeks from today as to what concrete steps have been taken towards financial/budgetary allocation, including exact amounts so that our directions can be carried out. This is to be done by the concerned Secretaries of the State Governments/Union Territories.

We may also indicate that though we have not gone into details, it is clear that the time lines that have been given by some States for compliance are far too long. In the affidavit(s) to be filed on the next occasion, they may have a re-look at some of these time lines, and the States/Union Territories which have not provided any time lines for compliance may do so.

We find that so far as the States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Mizoram, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadeep are concerned, they have not, till date, filed any affidavits of compliance. The Principal Secretaries of each of these States/Union Territories to remain present at the next visual hearing before this Court for necessary action to be taken, considering that the attitude of least concern does not

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commend itself to this Court, given the fact that the citizens Fundamental Rights under Article 21 are involved.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General, seeks time for another four weeks to file the requisite affidavit pursuant to our order dated 02.12.2020. He is given three weeks' time to do so.

List on 02.03.2021.

(JAYANT KUMAR ARORA) (NISHA TRIPATHI) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

PS : As per the directions of the Hon'ble Court, Chart indicating status of compliance is scanned and annexed with this Record of Proceeding.

Directions as listed in the Amicus' Report

• 1. Compliance affidavit to be filed by Principal/Cabinet/Home Secretary indicating firm action plan with exact timelines
• 2. Total number of Police Stations
• 3. Total number of CCTVs
• 4. Positioning of CCTVs
• 5. Working Condition of CCTVs
• 6. Recording/Storage capacity
• 7. Oversight Committee
• 8. Allocation of adequate funds
• 9. DGP to issue directions to person in charge of police station
• 10. To ensure no part of station is left uncovered
• 11. CCTV must have night vision and audio recording
• 12. Internet and Electricity
• 13.Storage in digital video recorders and/or network recorders
• 14. Mandatory for all states to purchase CCTV with 18 month recording system
• 15.States must indicate that best available equipment was purchased
• 16.Human Rights Courts
• 17.SLOC and COB directions to display large posters
• 18. Complaint mechanism

Chart indicating status of compliance

Note: Compliance Affidavit has not been filed by the following States and Union Territories (as of 25.01.2021):

• 1. State of Andhra Pradesh
• 2. State of Tamil Nadu
• 3. State of Nagaland
• 4. State of Mizoram
• 5. State of Odisha
• 6. State of Uttarakhand
• 7. Delhi
• 8. Dadra & Nagar Haveli
• 9. Lakshadweep

S.<br>N<br>o.	Name of<br>State/UT<br>(Page range as<br>per report of<br>Amicus dtd.<br>25.01.2021)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Comments
1.	Haryana<br>[Page 144 to<br>150]																			1 ½ years required<br>for approvals,<br>formulation of a<br>procurement plan<br>and instalment
2.	Telangana<br>[Page 138 to<br>144]	Partly<br>[Timeline<br>has not<br>been<br>provided]																		Budgetary<br>proposals for<br>CCTVs sought<br>from<br>Commissioner<br>and DSPs
3.	Karnataka<br>[Page 33 to<br>40]										Partly<br>[4 CCTVs<br>at<br>important<br>areas;<br>DLOC<br>will<br>furnish list									DGP has given<br>administrative<br>approval for 18.50<br>crores for<br>procuring and<br>updating CCTVs<br>(on 21.01.2021) –<br>cabinet approval

S.<br>N<br>o.	Name of<br>State/UT<br>(Page range as<br>per report of<br>Amicus dtd.<br>25.01.2021)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Comments
											of<br>required<br>locations]									has been sought<br>for
4.	Uttar Pradesh<br>[Page 150 to<br>156]																			250 to 300 crores<br>will be required<br>for the project<br>which will have to<br>be spread across 3<br>financial years<br>;<br>Project will<br>require hiring of<br>Consultants, for<br>which sanction of<br>42.30 lakh has<br>been provided on<br>20.01.2021 [will<br>be hired in 3<br>weeks and<br>preparation of<br>DPR & RFP will<br>take 3 months
5.	Himachal<br>Pradesh<br>[Page 156 to<br>162]											Partly<br>[No audio<br>or 18<br>month<br>storage<br>backup]								Demand for 757<br>additional CCTVs<br>and updating 651<br>existing CCTVs<br>has been made<br>–<br>financial<br>implication will<br>be 4.14 crore<br>(Finance<br>department will<br>be expeditiously<br>approached)
6.	Gujarat<br>[Page 81 to<br>89]										Partly<br>[CCTVs<br>installed									Installation in<br>remaining 122<br>stations will be

S.<br>N<br>o.	Name of<br>State/UT<br>(Page range as<br>per report of<br>Amicus dtd.<br>25.01.2021)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Comments
											at various<br>spots but<br>not<br>installed<br>in<br>inspector'<br>s room,<br>SI's room,<br>outside<br>washroom<br>s<br>–<br>will be<br>completed<br>in 2 years]									completed within<br>2 years<br>along with<br>upgrading of<br>existing CCTVs
7.	Pondicherry<br>[Page 1 to 8]	Partly<br>[affidavit<br>not filed<br>by<br>specified<br>Secretary]																		Installation will<br>be completed in 6<br>months
8.	Madhya<br>Pradesh<br>[Page 103 to<br>109]	Partly<br>[affidavit<br>not filed<br>by<br>specified<br>Secretary]																		An average of 13<br>CCTVs have been<br>proposed under a<br>project report<br>which will require<br>140.03 crore and<br>has been<br>forwarded for<br>approval of the<br>Government<br>'<br>Process of<br>installing CCTVs<br>in all stations<br>likely to be<br>concluded by FY<br>2022<br>-23
9.	Tripura	Partly																		DGP has<br>informed that

S.<br>N<br>o.	Name of<br>State/UT<br>(Page range as<br>per report of<br>Amicus dtd.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Comments
	25.01.2021)<br>[Page 110 to<br>115]	[No<br>timeline<br>provided]																		administrative<br>approval for<br>installation has<br>been given and<br>sufficient funds<br>are available
10.	Maharashtra<br>[Page 73 to<br>81]	Partly<br>[affidavit<br>not filed<br>by<br>specified<br>Secretary]									Partly<br>[areas<br>outside<br>washroom<br>, rear side<br>of police<br>station,<br>duty<br>cabin,<br>special<br>branch,<br>armoury<br>are not<br>covered<br>–<br>instruction<br>s given<br>after SC<br>Order]	Partly<br>[No audio<br>feature<br>–<br>additional<br>cost will<br>be<br>incurred<br>and will<br>vitiate<br>existing<br>tender<br>process]	Partly<br>[surveilla<br>nce<br>network<br>not<br>connecte<br>d to<br>centralize<br>d<br>location<br>through<br>internet<br>for data<br>security]					Partly<br>[Signs in<br>Marathi<br>will be put<br>up under<br>the existing<br>project<br>–<br>any further<br>addition<br>s<br>will vitiate<br>tender<br>process<br>]	Partly<br>[victim's<br>right to<br>procure has<br>not been<br>mentioned]	CCTV project<br>ongoing and<br>expected to be<br>completed by<br>March, 2021
11.	Chhattisgarh<br>[Page 134 to<br>138]																			Special Director<br>General of Police<br>on 14.12.2020 has<br>forwarded<br>proposal for<br>sanction of 5<br>crores<br>for<br>installing CCTVs
12.	Meghalaya<br>[Page 124 to<br>129]																			24.83 lakh and<br>77.96 lakh<br>sanctioned for<br>repair and<br>installation

S.<br>N<br>o.	Name of<br>State/UT<br>(Page range as<br>per report of<br>Amicus dtd.<br>25.01.2021)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Comments
																				respectively on<br>18.01.2021;<br>Process is<br>expected to be<br>finished in 3<br>months
13.	Bihar<br>[Page 95 to<br>103]										Partly<br>[sample<br>survey has<br>been<br>carried<br>out]	Partly<br>[no in<br>-<br>built audio<br>capturing<br>–<br>purchase<br>of<br>additional<br>mics<br>required]			Partly<br>[12<br>month<br>back<br>-<br>up]					No indication
14.	Andaman &<br>Nicobar<br>[Page 14 to<br>20]	Partly<br>[timelines<br>not<br>provided]																		No indication
15.	Chandigarh<br>[Page 89 to<br>95]	Partly<br>[timelines<br>not<br>provided]							Partly<br>[request<br>made to<br>finance<br>department<br>]											Request made to<br>finance<br>department
16.	Jharkhand<br>[Page 115 to<br>120]																			Estimated budget<br>for all stations is<br>about 52.22 crore<br>and will be<br>carried out in 3<br>phases ending in<br>2023<br>-2024
17.	Kerala<br>[Page 20 to<br>26]																			No indication
18.	West Bengal<br>[Page 26 to<br>33]	Partly																		Budgetary<br>constraints due to<br>elections<br>–<br>5 year

S.<br>N<br>o.	Name of<br>State/UT<br>(Page range as<br>per report of<br>Amicus dtd.<br>25.01.2021)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Comments
		[timelines<br>not<br>provided]																		action plan<br>proposed
19.	Goa<br>[Page 59 to<br>67]	Partly<br>[timelines<br>not<br>provided]									Partly<br>[does not<br>cover all<br>areas<br>mentioned<br>in Order]									No indication
20.	Punjab<br>[Page 40 to<br>46]																			No indication
21.	Arunachal<br>Pradesh<br>[Page 67 to<br>73]	Partly<br>[affidavit<br>not filed<br>by<br>specified<br>secretary]																		Government has<br>approved release<br>of 1.22 crore for<br>installation of 8<br>CCTVs in 91<br>stations<br>–<br>work<br>will be completed<br>within a period of<br>6 months
22.	Assam<br>[Page 120 to<br>124]	Partly<br>[no<br>timelines<br>provided]																		No indication
23.	Manipur<br>[Page 129 to<br>134]	Partly<br>[no<br>timelines<br>provided]																		45 lakh was<br>sanctioned by the<br>Government. But<br>under existing<br>specifications, a<br>total of 5.81 crore<br>will be required<br>–<br>will be examined<br>by SLOC.
24.	Rajasthan<br>[Page 55 to<br>59]	Partly																		50% of 8.40 crore<br>was to be<br>sanctioned for

S.<br>N<br>o.	Name of<br>State/UT<br>(Page range as<br>per report of<br>Amicus dtd.<br>25.01.2021)	1<br>[no	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Comments<br>2019<br>-2020<br>–
		timelines<br>provided]																		delay due to<br>COVID, bids are<br>being invited
25.	Sikkim<br>[Page 8 to 14]			Partly<br>[No. of<br>stations<br>and<br>total<br>CCTVs<br>not<br>given]																On receipt of<br>details from IT<br>department,<br>SLOC will<br>approach the<br>finance<br>department.<br>Principal<br>Secretary, Home<br>will move a<br>separate file to<br>finance<br>department
26.	UT of J&K<br>[Page 50 to<br>55]																			No indication
27.	Union<br>Territory of<br>Ladakh<br>[Page 46 to<br>50]	Partly<br>[affidavit<br>not filed<br>by<br>specified<br>secretary]						Partly<br>[Steeri<br>ng<br>commit<br>tee is<br>formed<br>]												No indication