With a view to expedite the administration of criminal justice, High court of Allahabad launched the e-governance initiative of linking courts and prisons in Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing. This facility was inaugurated on 19th April 2015 by the Hon’ble Chief Justice Allahabad High Court, Justice Dr. D. Chanderchood at District Court, Muzaffarnagar in the presence of Hon’ble High Court Justice Shri Pankaj Mittal, Justice Shri P K baghel, Justice Shri Pratyush Kumar, Justice Shri Moh. Tahir, District Judge Dr. Vijaya Laxmi, District Magistrate, Shri. Kaushal Raj Sharma, SSP Shri. K B Singh and Shri Gaurav Tyagi, TD/DIO NIC. Dr. Hemant Gaur/ P SA demonstrated the VC facility to the Hon’ble Chief Justice and other dignitaries present there.
This VC facility has a two way dedicated lease line and RF communication link over SWAN network. A large number of officials, advocates and the media persons were present on this occasion.
On the occasion, Chief Justice said “This facility will save time, money and resources. Also, it will speed up the court processes”. He added that this project also aims at connecting all prisons in the state with courts by providing a mechanism to conduct trials without the physical appearance of under-trials in courts. From now on, an accused will be brought to the court only if he requests or it is necessary to have his physical presence. This will cut down on the difficulty faced by the jail authorities for producing the accused in the court. Not only funds of the state would be saved by setting up of the video-conferencing facility but the security arrangements would also become foolproof as only a small number of accused would be produced in the court.