Complainant/victim in a caste-atrocities complaint sought direction that court proceedings be video recorded as required by Section 15-A(10) of the SC & ST Act. The State raised no objection. The Court directed the Trial Court to arrange video recording of proceedings and allowed the appeal.
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
| + CRL.A. 771/2023 |
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| HARDAYAL SINGH | .....Appellant | |
| Through: | Mr. Kunal Ravinder |
Malhotra, Mr. Gaur, Mr. |
| Manish, | Ms. Kanika |
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| Dagar, Ms. | Aanchal Saini, | |
| Mr. Adi |
tya Praveen, |
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| Advocates. |
versus
STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP for the State with Ms. Divya Yadav, Advocate and SI Ajeet Singh, PS Delhi Cantt.
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN O R D E R % 23.04.2025
The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/04/2025 at 15:46:02 4. Section 15-A (10) of the SC & ST Act reads as under:
“ 15-A. Rights of victims and witnesses.— (1) to (9) xxxxxx
(10) All proceedings relating to offences under this Act shall be video recorded.”
AMIT MAHAJAN, J
APRIL 23, 2025 DU
This is a digitally signed order.
The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/04/2025 at 15:46:02
1 issue framed by the court
Whether trial court proceedings in CC No. 17/2023 should be video recorded in terms of Section 15-A(10) SC & ST Act?
5 provisions across 3 enactments
Hardayal Singh
State (NCT of Delhi)
Amit Mahajan
As recorded by the court registry
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