NEW DELHI: Investigating agencies in India are not fully equipped and prepared for the use of videography but time was “ripe” that steps are taken to introduce videography in probe, particularly for crime scene, to strengthen the rule of law, the Supreme Court has said.
The Apex Court said this while approving the ‘centrally driven plan of action’ prepared by a committee, constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on use of videography in police investigation, and the timeline given by the panel.
A bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and R F Nariman, while noting that law and order was a state subject, directed the MHA to forthwith set up a central oversight body (COB) to implement the plan of action prepared by the committee.
“Thus, we are of the considered view that notwithstanding the fact that as of now investigating agencies in India are not fully equipped and prepared for the use of videography, the time is ripe that steps are taken to introduce videography in investigation, particularly for crime scene as desirable and acceptable best practice as suggested by the committee of the MHA to strengthen the rule of Law,” the bench said in its order. (AGENCIES)
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