SLT, Just in Time, Huawei link up for digital court proceedings

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and an alarming increase in criminal activities involving prisoners in jails, video conferencing and tele-presence technology in court rooms and prisons will soon become a reality in Sri Lanka.

The Ministry of Justice will be introducing video conferencing solution under a courts –prison collaborative entrusting Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) to carry out this task.

According to the initial plan 20 courts will be linked up with the same number of prisons countrywide through video conferencing system which will enable court proceedings to be held without moving inmates, official sources said.

The project is a collaborative initiative between the Ministry of Justice, SLT and the judiciary.

Video conferencing solution for Ministry of Justice will be carried out by SLT with Just in Time Technologies Pvt Ltd as the managed service partner (lead partner) by using Huawei products for the solution design.

This decision was taken at the recent meeting on finalising strategic partnerships for the project, an official document revealed.

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