CBDT Chairman ‘soft launches' "National Judicial Reference System"

By Vijay Kumar

THE CBDT has embarked upon an ambitious project called "National Judicial Reference System" (NJRS).

NJRS is a computerized repository of all judgments and pending appeals related to Direct Tax cases at ITATs, High Courts and the Supreme Court. It will have intelligent search facilities and work flows for officers of the department engaged in litigation work to enable the department to closely monitor appeals as well as to carry out research and analysis on various issues. The NJRS repository currently has records for over 2.5 lakh appeals filed and 1.45 lakh orders/judgements.

An initial version of the NJRS has been 'soft launched' by the Chairperson, CBDT yesterday i.e. 19th March.

In the final version of the NJRS application, the departmental users will get the following additional facilities: ·

1. Facility to view the appeal documents being scanned at the Regional Scanning Centres (RSCs)

2. Dashboard for display of jurisdiction specific information about cases in various courts.

3. Provision for case specific communication between officers engaged in assessment work and those engaged in litigation work

4. Alerts for users about new messages received from other users.

5. Calendar for display of cases fixed in the various courts on any particular date

6. Facility to carry out research and prepare case notes.

7. Facility to enter and maintain a case diary for day to day case proceedings.

8. Functionality to identify related cases for bunching of appeals. Facility to mark appeals for priority attention

9. Facility for data analysis and generation of reports. Facility for users to upload articles on litigation issues

10. Facility for uploading the finalized CSRs

11. Facility for High Court Cells to maintain record of appeals allocated to standing counsels.

12. Facility to the DGIT (L & R) office for online processing of SLP proposals.

DIRECTORATE OF INCOME-TAX (LEGAL & RESEARCH) F. No.DIT (L&R)-II/NJRS/XV/2014-15/ Dated: March 19, 2015