Overview

• Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan asked the Union government to set up a dedicated online system for tracing and probing missing-children cases.
• The proposed portal would function under the Ministry of Home Affairs to centralize data and enable inter-state tracing.
• The bench suggested assigning a designated officer from each state to handle complaints and disseminate information through the platform.
• The court flagged poor coordination among state and union territory police forces as a key obstacle in locating minors.
• NGO Guria Swayam Sevi Sansthan moved the petition, citing Khoya/Paya portal data and five Uttar Pradesh cases alleging trafficking to Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.