State advocate general Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, pointed out the fact that the state selected the two contractors, especially Javi, which had carried out a similar city surveillance project for Delhi.
A bench of Justices Shahrukh Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav on Thursday afternoon initially passed orders staying the work of the contentious project asking the authorities to pay Rs 1 lakh to each of the 900 fishermen.
The Bombay High Court on Monday slammed the Maharashtra government for not doing anything "substantial" for installing CCTV cameras in the police stations across the state. The HC said the state "intentionally" doesn't want to comply with the Supreme Court orders and as a result of it the police officers refuse to provide CCTV footages to courts, whenever asked for.