Delhi HC directs Delhi Police to periodically review security arrangements in courts, deploy adequate personnel
The Hindu
The court ordered that all persons who are entering court complexes would be checked by the security personnel and frisking shall happen at the entry points of the complexes as well as the buildings housing the courtrooms
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to undertake periodical review of security arrangements in courts, based on security audit by an expert team, for deploying requisite number of personnel and installation of gadgets following the September 24 shootout that killed three persons inside Rohini Court.
A bench headed by Chief Justice D.N. Patel, in its order passed in matters concerning the safety and security at court complexes, stated that while Delhi Police shall be primarily responsible for regular and continuous security-audit, deployment of adequate personnel, monitoring through CCTV cameras etc, the Delhi government shall be responsible for making the required budgetary allocation.
The bench, also comprising Justice Jyoti Singh, further directed “round-the-clock monitoring” of court buildings through CCTV cameras having high resolution, adequate storage capacity and the technology to cover “as much area as possible” particularly the court lock-ups.