The National Informatics Centre has successfully developed and implemented a computerized information system for monitoring the pending legal cases of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. The system was implemented in August, 1992.
The legal cell at the office of the CAG deals with legal cases of the headquarters and all the field offices of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department. An effective computerized monitoring system acquired importance in view of the large number of pending cases at various Central Administrative Tribunals and the Supreme Court. The current status of implementation of the legal cases requires close monitoring in order to maintain the sanctity of the courts. The manual system of monitoring was proving to be increasingly difficult to cope with the workload.
The Computerized Legal Cases Information System allows the User to generate various managerial reports to support decision making. Reports are generated on cases for which hearing is due in the coming months and on counter replies. The System generates statistical progress reports which give a clear picture of the legal cases accepted and settled during a particular period for different offices.
For generating reports, the User can make a combination of queries for court, field office, designation and subject, both on pending and decided legal cases. For utilizing set precedents in defending cases, the System provides an option to generate various reports according to the subject, court and year of decision of decided cases.
(For further information, please contact: The Audit Information System Group, National Informatics Centre, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003.)