The Madras High Court has appreciated state Director General of Police TK Rajendran for issuing a circular/order among his subordinates to upload motor accident details on the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) web portal. The circular also warns of action in case of non-compliance of the order.

 

The circular was issued pursuant to an explanation sought by Justice P.N. Prakash on December 14 from the police department as to why the policemen were not uploading all details on the web portal though such disclosure would assist in ensuring a transparent process to claim compensation.

 

Justice Prakash had taken a serious note of a charge that the police officers were deliberately not uploading the mobile phone number of accident victims and motor vehicle inspectors’ reports on the CCTNS portal for extraneous reasons.

 

However, on being apprised of the circular, the judge recorded his appreciations for the DGP.

 

He issued a further direction to the DGP to notify the names and e-mail addresses of nodal officers with whom complaints could be lodged with respect to non-uploading of relevant details related to motor accidents. He also directed the State to notify the amendments to Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal Rules, 1989 expeditiously.

 

The orders were passed on a case related to the missing of bundles of 55 cases of a particular lawyer from a motor accident claims tribunal situated within the High Court campus. The judge had ordered a Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) inquiry into the issue and the investigators had almost zeroed in on the culprits.

 

Acceding to a request by the CB-CID for further time, he adjourned the hearing to Tuesday.