High Court pulls up Delhi government over delays in IT equipment installation in courts

The Delhi High Court has criticised the Delhi Government’s planning and finance departments for failing to grant the necessary administrative and financial approvals for the installation of Rs 387-crore information and communication technology equipment in 691 courts.

A bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said on September 30 that it had issued three orders—on April 29, July 18, and August 13—clearly stating that the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi “should immediately accord administrative,