New Delhi, Feb 18 (TIWN) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday approved the implementation of the second phase of the inter-operable criminal justice system (ICJS) project during 2022-23 to 2025-26.

The ICJS system would be made available through a dedicated and secure cloud-based infrastructure with high speed connectivity. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will be responsible for the implementation of the project in association with National Informatics Center (NIC).

The project will be implemented in collaboration with the States and Union Territories.  ICJS is a national platform for enabling integration of the main IT system used for delivery of Criminal Justice in the country by five pillars namely, Police (Crime and Criminal Tracking and Network Systems), e-Forensics for Forensic Labs, e-Courts for Courts, e-Prosecution for Public Prosecutors, and e-Prisons for Prisons.