Kohima: The Supreme Court handed down a strict deadline for all states and Union Territories. They have one month to ensure every police station stays connected with basic computer hardware and working internet. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R Mahadevan issued the order following an October 5, 2026, session in the case of G Ganesh versus State of Tamil Nadu and others. The Bench described the lack of digital facilities at police stations as "absolutely unacceptable."
Officials must now upload all First Information Reports to state portals or the national Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems. The court also ordered the digitization of Child Welfare Committees within that same thirty-day window. Compliance sits squarely on the shoulders of Chief Secretaries, Home Secretaries, Directors General of Police, and local child welfare authorities. States must cough up the cash to get this done.
The Bench also dropped contempt notices on various Chief Secretaries. These officials failed to show up for mandated court appearances without getting an exemption first. This case started in the Madras High Court and grew into a national push to fix how authorities track missing people. Back on May 22, the court ordered police to register FIRs the moment they hear about a missing person. They also demanded a system that links police records with anti-trafficking and child-protection databases.
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