A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C. Nagappan, however, gave states with poor connectivity up to 72 hours for uploading the FIRs. The apex court exempted the state police authorities from uploading the FIRs on sensitive cases pertaining to insurgency and sexual offences against women and children. Initially, it was suggested during the hearing that the states be allowed to upload FIRs on websites within 48 hours. However, the court later fixed the time limit at 24 hours. The PIL referred to a decision passed by the Delhi High Court in which the city police was directed to upload the FIRs on its website within 24 hours of being registered.

Source: The Telegraph September 07, 2016 09:00 UTC