We Are In AI Era, Documents Issued By Govt Must Conform To Global Standards: Kerala High Court

We are in the AI era and government instrumentalities ought to be abreast with emerging global demands in order to have the vision of 'digital India' to materialize, the Kerala High Court observed when faced with the instance of a Police Clearance Certificate issued by an Indian authority being rejected by the authorities in Kuwait.Single bench of Justice C.S. We are in the AI era and government instrumentalities ought to be abreast with emerging global demands in order to have the vision of 'digital India' to materialize, the Kerala High Court observed when faced with the instance of a Police Clearance Certificate issued by an Indian authority being rejected by the authorities in Kuwait. The Deputy Solicitor General of India S. Manu submitted that the Regional Passport Office has no access to make changes in the computer system of the central database and incorporate the petitioner’s criminal case details. The Court directed the Regional Passport Office to forward a copy of the judgment to the Ministry of External Affairs within a month of receipt of the copy of the judgment, and in turn directed the latter to take immediate steps to upgrade the central database and issue the PCC certificate to the petitioner with the barcode, his scanned photograph and the criminal case details.