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. The fresh intervention highlights how, nearly a decade after the first judicial push for surveillance inside police stations, systemic compliance remains elusive. The suo motu case comes even as the top court continues to monitor compliance in the Paramvir Singh Saini Vs Baljit Singh matter, in which its 2018 and 2020 ruling laid down the most comprehensive framework for CCTV installation....