By implementing Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) integrated with the Crime and Criminals Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project in order to bring transparency and speed in police service delivery, India’s new state Telangana has become nation’s first state to have to have e-judicial system.
The ICJS is aimed at integrating the CCTNS project with e-courts, e-prisons, databases, forensics, prosecution, juvenile homes and a nationwide fingerprint database of criminals. Integration is achieved by providing access to the judiciary, police and prisons through a desktop dashboard to aid investigations expeditiously. The system is intended to save time and manpower required for manually shifting files between police stations and courts.
As per the reports, the Ministry of Home Affairs had selected Telangana as the first state in the country to implement this project, and Warangal’s Subedari Police Station is the first one to exchange live digital data. Supreme Court Judge Madan B Lokur – Chairman of ICJS and Judge-In-State committee – had launched this project through video conference.
All information pertaining to first information reports (FIRs), charge sheets, CC numbers, warrants, summons etc will be electronically communicated to the court in real time in the same manner. However, full-fledged implementation will soon be launched.
