Can't install CCTV cameras in house without resident's consent: Calcutta high court
Published On : 2024-11-29T08:34:19+0530 [ IST ] |
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KOLKATA: Installing CCTV cameras in a residential property without the resident's permission violated her privacy the court said.
"If she is in possession of the property she will deactivate the CCTVs", Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said. He directed the local police (Tollygunge PS in this case) to see to it that no disturbance
The court heard a plea filed by an actor and dancer who started living in a flat in Tollygunge after a marital dispute with her husband but which her husband fraudulently transferred to his sister.
She alleged she had been physically and mentally abused by her husband and in-laws. Her counsel told the court that CCTV cameras had been installed in the flat as well as outside her bedroom at another flat in Burtolla, her matrimonial
She said she later found out that her husband had fraudulently transferred the property to his sister's name. Her in-laws had deceived her both in terms of "property and matrimonial rights".
Court: You can't breach privacy.
Counsel for the husband repeatedly pointed out that the sister was in possession of the property and could therefore rightfully install the cameras. But the Tollygunge cops filed a report
You have your property; I'm not interfering with it,” Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said.
Justice Ghosh however clarified that the order was only for the Tollygunge flat and not the Burtolla house since the petitioner lives mostly at the former property.
Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles
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KOLKATA: Installing CCTV cameras in a residential property without the resident's permission violated her privacy the court said.
"If she is in possession of the property she will deactivate
