The Madras High Court has called for suggestions from Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on the list of bona fide reasons for which it could share its closed circuit television (CCTV) camera footage with those who seek it under the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005.
Justice Anita Sumanth asked senior counsel P.S. Raman, assisted by CMRL’s counsel-on-record Jayesh Dolia, to circulate by April 5 a list of suggestions on how such a mechanism could be conceived and put in place. The judge said, at times, such footage could be of great help to the citizens.
The orders were passed on a writ petition filed by CMRL challenging Tamil Nadu Information Commission’s (TNIC) direction to provide CCTV footage of the incidents that had been captured on a camera installed at Park Metro station between 10 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. on October 6, 2019.
