Amit Shah Chairs Review Meeting on Implementation of 3 New Criminal Laws with NCRB in New Delhi

The meeting reviewed the implementation of integration of CCTNS 2.0, NAFIS, Prisons, Courts, Prosecution and Forensics with ICJS 2.0 at all India levels. Union Home Secretary, Director NCRB and several senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, NCRB and NIC were present in the meeting.

During the discussion in the meeting, the Union Home Minister asked NCRB to facilitate the complete implementation of new criminal laws in the ICJS 2.0. Shri Amit Shah emphasised on use of applications like eSakshya, Nyaya Shruti, eSign and eSummons in every state / UT.

While emphasizing the use of technology, the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that alerts should be generated for all criminal cases at predefined stages and timelines right from registration to disposal of the case to benefit victims and complainants. Alerts to Investigation Officers, as well as senior officers as per pre-defined timelines, will help in expediting the process of investigation. He emphasized that a team of officers of MHA, and NCRB should visit the States/UTs to increase the adoption of technical projects and assist them in all possible ways.

Shri Amit Shah emphasised having regular interaction with senior police formations of State/UTs to monitor the progress of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) and Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) on a regular basis and provide impetus to the project. He added that the use of biometric technology should be adopted to identify unidentified dead bodies and unidentified found persons.

Union Home Minister said that NCRB should create a data rich platform to benefit the Investigation Officers and other stakeholder of Criminal Justice System. He appreciated the efforts of NCRB in the technical implementation of New Criminal Laws and the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS).