Centre receives proposal to set up NJIAI

A proposal has been received from Chief Justice of India N V Ramana vis-a-vis establishing the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India (NJIAI) to look into the infrastructural requirements of various courts in the country. The proposal envisages a governing body with the CJI as patron-in-chief.As per the proposal, the NJIAI will act as a central body in laying down the roadmap for planning, creation, development, maintenance and management of functional infrastructure for the Indian court system, besides, identical structures under all the high courts.