(a) the steps taken by the Ministry to digitize the delivery of court orders including bail orders of High Courts and Supreme Court to the prison authorities;
(b) whether the Government has taken any disciplinary action against jail authorities who have willfully delayed the release of prisoners, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UTwise; and
(c) the details of central and district prisons with internet facility and CCTV camera, State/UT-wise?
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a):In pursuance of Supreme Court judgments dated 16.07.2021 and 23.09.2021 in suomoto Writ Petition No.4/2021, the FASTER (Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records) system has been taken up for implementation for enabling transmission of e-authenticated copies of the interim orders, stay orders, bail orders and record of proceedings to the duty-holders for compliance and due execution, through a secured electronic communication channel. For High Courts and District Courts, to digitize delivery of court orders including bail orders, the integration of e-prisons software and case information software through Application Programme Interface (API) is being taken up.
(b) : The management and administration of prisons fall exclusively in the domain of the State Governments and hence details of disciplinary action against jail authorities is not centrally maintained.
(c) : As per information furnished by the National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), the State/UT wise status of CCTV cameras installed in prisons is provided at Annexure. However NCRB does not maintain separate data on availability of internet facility in central and district prisons.
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Annexure
Statement referred to in reply of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.3378 for 17/12/2021 regarding Digitisation of Court Orders. The State/UT wise status of number of CCTVs installed in prisons as on 31.12.2019:
SI.NO State/Union Territory Number of CCTVs
1 Andhra Pradesh 258
2 Arunachal Pradesh 58
3 Assam 200
4 Bihar 1044
5 Chhattisgarh 1612
6 Goa 17
7 Gujarat 2314
8 Haryana 552
9 Himachal Pradesh 366
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1005
11 Jharkhand 1274
12 Karnataka 928
13 Kerala 826
14 Madhya Pradesh 592
15 Maharashtra 1580
16 Manipur 36
17 Meghalaya 74
18 Mizoram 0
19 Nagaland 11
20 Odisha 1520
21 Punjab 879
22 Rajasthan 1529
23 Sikkim 2
24 Tamil Nadu 67
25 Telangana 1061
26 Tripura 139
27 Uttar Pradesh 2757
28 Uttarakhand 77
29 West Bengal# 280
30 A & N Islands 8
31 Chandigarh 157
32 D & N Haveli 25
33 Daman & Diu 70
34 Delhi 1130
35 Lakshadweep 0
36 Puducherry 8
Total (All-INDIA) 22456
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for the year 2018 & 2019, data furnished for 2017 has been used.