Bombay High Court Orders Installation Of CCTVs In Nagpur Covid Facilities

The CCTVs shall be installed at the Maharashtra government's expense and proposals for the same shall be prepared by the Nagpur collector and commissioner of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, the court said.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has expressed its displeasure over institutionally quarantined COVID-19 patients not following isolation norms, and directed for CCTVs to be installed in all such facilities in Nagpur. A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Avinash Gharote in its order on April 8, a copy of which was made available today, said the installation of CCTV cameras would be useful to check the movements of quarantined patients in and out of their rooms. The CCTVs shall be installed at the Maharashtra government's expense and proposals for the same shall be prepared by the Nagpur collector and commissioner of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, the court said. The bench was hearing a petition taken up suo motu (on its own) last year on the issue of the COVID-19 pandemic and the condition of hospitals.