New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday registered a suo motu public interest case over the lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations, a persistent problem despite a string of binding directives from the top court aimed at curbing custodial violence.

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta initiated proceedings after taking note of a newspaper report which flagged 11 custodial deaths in the last seven to eight months. "Based on Dainik Bhaskar, we are directing for a suo motu public interest litigation titled 'lack of functional CCTVs in police stations', as it has been reported that there are 11 deaths in last 7-8 months in year 2025 in police custody," the bench said in its order.

The fresh intervention h...