PIL in Delhi High Court to quash LG notification allowing police witnesses to testify from stations

A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging a notification by LG VK Saxena declaring all police stations as designated places for recording police officials’ evidence via video conferencing. 

Filed by Advocate Kapil Madan through Advocates Gurmukh Singh Arora and Ayushi Bisht, the plea argues the move violates Article 21 by undermining fair trial rights.

It contends that depositions from police stations risk coaching, selective access to records, departmental influence, and compromise of evidence integrity.

The petition cites Section 308 BNSS, 2023, which mandates evidence be recorded in court under judicial supervision in the accused’s presence.

[Kapil Madan v. Lieutenant Governor of Delhi & Ors]