Punjab, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court has ordered all law enforcement agencies to preserve CCTV footage and digital material collected during the Delhi protests - and told the Centre it was not taking cognisance of media reports that officials had tendered unconditional apologies in the contempt case.
The preservation order
This is the most consequential thing the court did on Thursday. Agencies must keep intact CCTV footage and any other digital material they have collected. The bench also issued notice on a Delhi Union of Journalists plea seeking the return of journalists' electronic devices allegedly seized by police.
Evidence preservation orders are unglamorous and decide cases. Allegations of assault during a protest are almost alway...