Ranchi, Aug 28 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court has slapped a contempt notice on DGP Tadasha Mishra for non-compliance with its order to install CCTV cameras in police stations across the state.
A division bench of Chief Justice MS Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) on Thursday, asked Chief Secretary Avinash Kumar and Home Secretary Vandana Dadel to take the high court’s orders seriously.
The bench ordered the two secretaries to file a status-cum-compliance report by September 30 on the installation of CCTV cameras in police stations.
In the course of hearing, the bench was informed that CCTV cameras have not been installed in all police stations in the state.
The court had earlier on several occasions asked the chief secretary and the home secretary to ensure that the direction of the court for installation of CCTV cameras is carried out at the earliest.
The government had earlier said that CCTV cameras were being installed in the police stations and the work would be completed soon.
The matter had come up before the court after Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha leader Tarun Mahto was assaulted in police custody last year. The court had then initiated a PIL suo motu on a letter sent to the chief justice by Bhanumati Mahto, the wife of Tarun.
Mahto was picked up by the Ichagarh police on November 19, 2025.
He had contested the 2024 assembly elections from the Ichagarh constituency in Seraikela district. PTI CORR NAM BDC
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