So, there’s this big to-do happening at the Madras High Court, folks. Seems like the Tamil Nadu Police Department is a bit behind the times when it comes to using technology. The court is all like, “Hey, police peeps, you need to get your act together and start digitizing everything related to criminal cases, pronto!” Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira is not messing around, y’all. He’s all serious about making sure that from the moment a complaint is received to the final judgment is delivered, everything is updated online in real-time.
Now, Justice Chandira is not thrilled about the fact that the State Police Department has been dragging its feet on this Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) 2.0 project. He’s like, “Get this thing up and running within four months, or you better have a darn good reason why not!” The Supreme Court has this fancy-schmancy Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) platform that connects different portals used by the police, courts, prisons, forensics, and prosecution. It’s supposed to make it easier for everyone to access important documents like FIRs, case diaries, and chargesheets.
But guess what? Tamil Nadu is still stuck in the stone age because their CCTNS portal doesn’t play nice with the national ICJS platform. They’re saying once they roll out CCTNS 2.0, things will be peachy keen. Justice Chandira is like, “Fine, do it within four months so we can all move on with our lives.” He’s tired of all these petitions flooding the courts because the police can’t get their act together. People are getting fed up with waiting for FIRs to be registered or chargesheets to be filed. And even when the police do their job, they forget to update the website, leaving everyone scratching their heads.
The judge is not mincing words when he says, “Come on, people, it’s 2025! We’ve got AI and all kinds of cool tech at our fingertips. Let’s use it for the greater good of the justice system.” This whole mess started with a complaint against the Chennai police for taking ages to deal with a cheating case. The judge wants a progress report on CCTNS 2.0 in four months, just to make sure things are moving along.
So, yeah, the Madras High Court is laying down the law and telling the police to get with the program. Let’s hope they can figure it out before the judge loses his cool. After all, justice delayed is justice denied, am I right?
