Legal Information Management & Briefing System (LIMBS)
Q. LIMBS – an Information Management System is developed for- Published on 30 Jun 16a. Legal System
b. Police Force
c. Legislative purposes
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Legal System
- LIMBS is one of the progressive steps taken by the Ministry of Law and Justice in the direction of Digital India.
- LIMBS helps in monitoring court cases in a transparent manner which has never been done before. It can be implemented in all Ministries.41 Ministries are currently using it.
- LIMBS provides a low cost web technology access to all the stakeholders involved in a court case in a coordinated way whereby it provides inputs which are available seamlessly on 24x7 basis as per the defined access rules. This way, it is possible to know the various stages of a case and monitor its progress on a continued basis through an elaborate set of user friendly reports.
- It is in line with Prime Minister's vision of Digital India to digitalise the details of court cases and brings various stakeholders on a single platform.
- This will not only help to introduce transparency but also a sense of ownership among various stakeholders during the life cycle of a court case.
- Among others, it will help authorities to take 'data driven decision making' and to evaluate performance of various stake holders and to conduct legal audit. This is a simple, user friendly and innovative web based application with robust architect which digitalises all the processes of a court case.
