new delhi shedding its reluctance for years for audiovideo recording of court proceedings the supreme court on monday favoured installation of cctv cameras in all courts including in the apex court itself to record proceedings after the centre backed the proposal in 2015 an sc bench headed by then cji h l dattu dismissed a pil seeking its direction for videorecording of court proceedings similarly the bombay hc last year denied permission to introduce video recording saying these are courts not stages and sets from the truman showhinting that it is willing to examine the issue afresh a bench of justice a k goel and justice u u lalit which had in march directed hcs to install cctv cameras inside courtrooms in two districts of every state and union territory asked why shouldnt the proceedings in tribunals hcs and the sc be also recorded as is being done in many countries the bench which had directed only video recording of lower court proceedings permitted audio recording also additional solicitor general maninder singh appearing for the centre told the bench that the sc ecommittee had earlier decided against recording of proceedings in the apex court but the bench said it was a decision taken on the administrative side indicating that it could be examined on the judicial side singh said when its the law of the land that all court proceedings shall be held in open court with access to public audio and video recordings of court proceedings is not in most of the matters likely to create any issues pertaining to privacy concerns of the persons participating in the said court proceedings and especially when this court has already stipulated that the recordings shall not be available either under rti or otherwise he said 12 hcs had initiated the process for installing cctvs in lower courts in compliance with the sc order audio video recordings would eliminate the possibility of threats by any person to witnesses on the basis of the recordings nonadherence to prescribed procedure while taking evidence and absence of lawyers at important stages of the proceedings despite presence marked by appearance slips etc the centre said