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Allahabad High Court orders direct court access to medical and forensic data
Allahabad High Court orders direct court access to medical and forensic data
The Allahabad High Court has directed the National Informatics Centre to enable courts to directly access medical and forensic records from MedLEaPR and the e-Forensic Laboratory system. The order, passed on August…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the National Informatics Centre to enable courts to directly access medical and forensic records from MedLEaPR and the e-Forensic Laboratory system. The order, passed on August 19, aims to complete the digital integration of criminal justice databases so that post-mortem reports, medical records and forensic data are electronically available to magistrates rather than remaining in separate systems.
The court noted that MedLEaPR is now integrated with the police's CCTNS platform, allowing police to view hospital reports. The entire case diary and final police report are already accessible to magistrates through the CIS system. A feature for circle officers to verify charge sheets digitally is to be added by the next hearing.
The bench also directed NIC to explore generating summons and warrants in Hindi on CIS, and to implement the Supreme Court's recent direction on electronic verification of sureties. The court was hearing a bail plea in a dowry death case, but chose to continue monitoring the digitization progress even after granting bail to the accused.
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The Uttar Pradesh government has been working since 2022 to roll out the Inter-operable Criminal Justice System across all districts, but progress has been uneven. A 2023 Supreme Court committee report noted that only 12 of 75 districts in UP had fully integrated CCTNS with MedLEaPR at the time. The High Court's continued monitoring of this case, even after granting bail to the accused, signals judicial frustration with slow bureaucratic compliance. The next milestone is the August 2025 deadline for implementing electronic verification of sureties, as ordered by the Supreme Court.
Source: livelaw.in
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