Mangaluru: Four held while trying to sell ambergris worth Rs 2.2 crore
Mangaluru, Feb 15: Mangaluru city police have arrested four inter-state peddlers for attempting to sell ambergris (sperm whale vomit) worth Rs 2.2 crore at Jeppinamogaru under the limits of Kankanady town police station limits.
The arrested have been identified as M A Jabir (35) and L K Shabad (27) from Kodagu and V P Asir (36) and N Sharief (32) from Hosdurg in Kasaragod district of Kerala, deputy commissioner of police (law and order) Hariram Shanker said.
They were arrested from a vacant land at Jeppinamogaru while attempting to sell ambergris to customers.
Police have also seized five mobile phones, a car and Rs 1,070 in cash from the accused. The total value of seized items including ambergris is estimated at Rs 2,25,92,070.
Ambergris, also known as grey amber, is a substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales, which is mostly used in the perfume industry.
The accused have been booked under various sections of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972.
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CJI calls for deepening technology and AI-based judicial architecture for faster justice delivery
Jabalpur (PTI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday called for deepening technology and artificial intelligence (AI)-based judicial architecture, and using technological advancements to expedite justice delivery.
Stating that technology was the only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time, he said the country's judiciary was committed to ensuring optimum utilisation of technological advancements and AI for the benefit of the common man.
The CJI was speaking at a programme organised by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on the topic of "Fragmentation to fusion, empowering justice via united digital platform integration". He also launched the MP high court's newly-developed digital platforms.
"Indian judiciary is committed to ensuring optimum utilisation of not only technological advancements that have been going on and which are integral part of our system since 1990, but also of latest designs of AI and how we can use them for the benefit of the common man," he said.
"We should think of deepening technology and AI-based judicial architecture. Technology is the only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time," the CJI added.
He stressed the need to embrace technological advancement in judiciary for expediting the justice delivery system.
Praising Madhya Pradesh HC for developing these platforms, the CJI said that as stated by the Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, there was a need to roll out these technological advancements at the pan-India level.
A committee has been constituted by the Supreme Court on how to use AI for the benefit of the judicial system, especially in speedy disposal of cases, according to him.
Minister Meghwal, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and MP High Court Chief Justice Sanjeev Sabharwal also spoke on the occasion.
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