The Hon’ble Supreme Court while dealing with a Writ Petition in this landmark decision issued a slew of directions to make First Information Reports (FIRs) available to the accused and the public at large.
The Hon’ble Court directed that all police stations shall upload FIRs within 24 hours except in cases of sensitive nature involving sexual offences, insurgency, terrorism or of that category. Additionally, relaxation of the timeline up to 48 hours or a max of 72 hours was allowed for connectivity problems due to geographical location or if there is some other unavoidable difficulty
