Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are the first states in the country where Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS) will be launched, Supreme Court Judge Madan B Lokur said on Sunday. "Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have made lot of progress and that is one of the reasons we have decided that the ICJS is going to be launched in both the states," he said, reports PTI from Hyderabad.
Justice Lokur, who is also the judge incharge of SC's e-committee, was speaking after inaugurating the first e-court (paperless court) in the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
"This system is going to integrate the courts, police stations, prosecution, forensic science laboratories and Jails. We will work out the modalities... a meeting is scheduled on July 28. I am happy to say that Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are the first two states in the country that have been chosen for the ICJS project," he said.
Justice P Naveen Rao, one of the members of the computer committee of the high court, will preside over the e-court from tomorrow.