CCTVs in Spas: Matter referred to acting Chief Justice as Judges differ on views

  

Taking into account that different views were taken by 2 Single Judges of the High Court of Madras over installation of CCTV cameras at spas & massage centres, justice G R Swaminathan has directed the registry to place the papers before the acting Chief Justice to consider constituting a larger bench in this regard.

The Court was hearing the plea filed before the High Court Madurai bench by a man seeking for a direction to restrain the police officials from interfering with the day-to-day activities of his ayurvedic treatment centre & spa situated at Courtallam in Tenkasi district.

Justice Swaminathan said that the petitioner’s lawyer submitted that this Court had recently passed an order holding that the respondent police cannot install CCTV cameras inside the spa. The counsel wanted to pass a similar order on his petition.

The Judge said that at this stage, the Govt advocate M Sakthi Kumar, brought to the notice of this court an article which was published in a web journal about two judges expressing different views over installation of CCTV cameras at spas. The article also quotes the renowned senior lawyer K T S Tulsi that this conflict must be resolved by a larger bench.

The Judge said that he is quite clear that he has merely followed the decision of the nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court in K S Puttaswamy v Union of India. In view of the submission of the government advocate, the Judge directed the registry to place the papers before the acting Chief Justice to consider constituting a larger bench in this regard.

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