Chandigarh, April 16 -- The Haryana government has set up 2,084 video conference facilities across the state for examination of witnesses by audio-video means under the newly enacted Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Additional chief secretary (ACS), Administration of Justice, Sumita Misra said that these video conferencing facilities included 1,244 in government offices, 350 in court rooms, 373 in prisons, 115 in banks and two at forensics science laboratories. "The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has asked other states to replicate the Haryana model. We had asked all the stakeholders to ensure time bound compliance for establishing these designated places," the ACS said.

A notification was issued in January 2025 by the administ...