Cctv
Deepak Nair
(Querist) 13 October 2011
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What is the law governing installation and use of CCTV in India?? is there any Act covering this?
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 13 October 2011
Though CCTV surveillance has proved their usefulness in Indian context, most people question its use in public places. It is also an offence to infringe on the privacy of people through CCTV surveillance. There are cases when celebrities and high-profile citzens are caught on close circuit cameras and the images are sold at a price.
Shailesh Kr. Shah
(Expert) 13 October 2011
There is no such law regarding installation and use of CCTV in INDIA. Generally, Persons installed CCTV Camera for security purpose only.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 13 October 2011
CCTV seems to be growing most rapidly in India. In 2003 the state owned road transport corporation announced plans to introduce CCTV in two major bus depots in order to combat pick-pocketing, while the Bangalore Railway Police have installed 40 cameras in the central station with plans to extend the deployment to other stations in the State. Prompted by 9/11 and fears of domestic terrorism, CCTV surveillance has recently been instigated in at least five of the country’s airports. Recently Supreme court has also instructed all State Government to install CCTVs in all court campuses.
There has clearly been an expansion of CCTV surveillance around the world, especially in private sector surveillance, and there appears now to be an cxcelerating diffusion into the public realm. The globalised trends of late modernity have accelerated this growth. Increasing urbanisation has exacerbated the trend towards anonymity, leading to concerns over establishing and verifying identity. Increasing mobility, both locally and internationally, have given rise to aglobal ‘stranger society’, where social control and governance based on intimacy and face-toface knowledge are increasingly less viable. Risk management has also become the dominant mode of reasoning for both international corporations and governments alike. In the realm of criminal justice, reformist ideals have given way to more modest preventative responses that focus on ‘opportunity reduction’, ‘situational prevention’ and ‘risk management’, and CCTV can be seen as part of the trend towards a New Penology based on actuarialism.
Deepak Nair
(Querist) 13 October 2011
Dear Sirs,
Thanks alot for your valuable commnents.
Shonee Kapoor
(Expert) 13 October 2011
No law as per my knowledge about CCTV per se.
However it may attract various penal provisions, if misused.
REgards,
Shonee Kapoor
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