Context: Recently, to ensure the timely disposal of criminal cases, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) e-prosecution portal (which is a part of the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System) has added a new feature that will also fix the accountability of government lawyers.
About Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) project UPSC
What is Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS)? It is a national platform for enabling integration of the main IT system used for the delivery of Criminal Justice in the country by five pillars namely.
Objective: It seeks to enable the seamless transfer of data and information among different pillars of the criminal justice system, like courts, police, jails and forensic science laboratories, from one platform.
This system would be made available through a dedicated and secure cloud-based infrastructure with high-speed connectivity.
Implementation: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will be responsible for the implementation of the project in association with the National Informatics Center (NIC).
The project will be implemented in collaboration with the States and Union Territories.
Source: The Hindu
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