The Supreme Court heard a suo motu case on non-working CCTV cameras in police stations and noted non-participation by some authorities in a key meeting. The Court has now fixed March 14 for the next meeting and listed the matter for hearing on March 23, 2026.
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu action after observing that the Uttarakhand government remained a “mute spectator” while forest land was being illegally grabbed. The Court ordered a fact-finding inquiry, stopped all construction, and directed the Forest Department to take possession of vacant land.
Today, On 31st October, The Supreme Court ruled that investigating agencies must not summon advocates representing the accused, stressing that “such summons could infringe fundamental rights of the accused” and violate statutory provisions protecting lawyer-client confidentiality under Section 132 and the new BNSS framework.
