How online criminal record checks are done in India

How online criminal record checks are done in India

Did you know that approximately 78% job applicants lie during the recruitment process? It is not an exaggeration but a fact, as per a CNBC article. That’s why, it is always important to make sure that your candidates are a fit (not just for the job role!) for your company’s brand ethics, values, culture, and morals. As an HR professional, it should be one of your top priorities to conduct a thorough background verification and screening on the candidate’s past. Here, criminal record checks can be imperative to spot potentially risky hires and safeguard a company’s reputation against any damages or setbacks.

 

What is criminal background verification?

Criminal verification is the process of checking an individual’s criminal records or verifying the criminal history of a job applicant as per government databases.

The purpose of a criminal record check is to determine whether an applicant has been convicted of any crimes, and if so, what type of offences they have committed and the length of time they have been convicted for.

Also Read: Questions related to criminal record checks

Criminal background checks are important in the hiring process because they help employers to make:

  1. Informed hiring decisions
  2. Avoid legal liabilities and discrimination
  3. Protect data and sensitive information
  4. Create healthy work environment
  5. Determine whether an applicant’s past will affect their ability to do the job

 

How digital adoption has enabled faster criminal record checks

The Digital India initiative has led to quick emergence of tech-enabled platforms across industries, specially in the HR world of work.

Earlier, criminal record check used to be a costly, tedious, and time-consuming affair. But, with innovative, AI-backed technology, conducting criminal record checks online have revolutionised the whole recruiting scenario. Companies are now turning to automated checks for enhanced efficacy and quicker verification results. As enhanced tools for background verification of new hires centralised criminal record repositories have been built with advanced search.

 

Where to find court records online in India?

Nowadays, we often stumble upon news articles which talk about different state initiatives to build a centralised repository of criminal records. In 2020, the Haryana Police launched a software to digitise criminal records of 6.5 lakh people. Now, Maharashtra will soon be launching their first biometric crime database, as per a TOI article. Different technologies like digital fingerprints, iris scanning systems are being used to further substantiate databases.

In India, criminal record databases are maintained by public courts (district, state, and supreme court), tribunals, National Crime Research Bureau, CBI, SEBI, RBI, Police Research and development, and company registrars. But accessing these criminal records and litigation databases to verify individual employee criminal backgrounds can be extremely overwhelming and equally confusing.

That’s where reliable, technology backed background verification companies like AuthBridge, have become an absolute necessity in 2022.

Challenges faced by HR teams while conducting criminal verification online:

  1. Higher costs
  2. Time-consuming process resulting in delayed hiring
  3. No direct link or central website to access criminal databases

 

AuthBridge’s technology is revolutionising the criminal record check online in India

We are way past the time of relying only on Police Record Verifications. A mix of court record checks and police verification has become a vital step in the modern hiring process to mitigate potential risks where police verification and criminal record join hands to provide complete vigilance.

Technology advancements like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and various tech-driven APIs have changed the way criminal checks were earlier conducted. With such digitalisation in place, it is much easier to verify your candidates in near real-time. It’s a better way to carry out comprehensive court records check – without any hassle of paperwork at all. Today, contrary to how cumbersome criminal court records check was earlier perceived.

Here at AuthBridge, we have collected and organised millions of litigation records in India so that they can be instantly searched in an efficient manner. As icing on the cake, our panel of subject experts assess each result so that a final report, which is error-free and in a consumable format for our clients.

  1. Artificial Intelligence-driven platforms like APIs
  2. PAN India court records verification
  3. Comprehensive and detailed combined police verification and court records check – No hassle of paperwork
  4. Automated screening with the help of negative databases
  5. Time-efficient solutions due to the availability of real-time reports
  6. Cost-effective
  7. Reliable information
  8. Privacy
  9. No room for manual errors
  10. Increased efficiency and accuracy
  11. Comprehensive databases of criminal and negative record checks
  12. Access to extensive litigation records
  13. Deep search against 200+ million records from state police FIRs, tribunals, and records from 3500+ courts across India; by leveraging AI-backed algorithms, and data mining technology

To know more, schedule an appointment with one of our experts today, write to us at communication@authbridge.com.

Worker Verification The Ideal Solution to Prevent Blue-Collar Crimes

Worker Verification: The Ideal Solution to Prevent Blue-Collar Crimes

Nearly 500 million workers are a part of the blue-collar segment in India. Generally, industries hire them in bulk on either contractual or permanent basis. Even with the rapidly emerging technologies, companies are still hiring blue-collar workers. Wonder, why? Because the overall blue-collar ecosystem will stand tall in a massive economy like ours and never go obsolete. Only the skill sets will change to suit requirements of running digital processes.

 

Blue collar workers refer to people who mostly perform manual labour. In industries such as construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, agriculture, transportation and warehousing, the blue collar segment is the key driving force of future growth. Unfortunately, bulk hiring is responsible for ignorance towards authentic background verification of these workers. Consequently, the chances of blue-collar crime i.e., theft, molestation, fraudulent activities, lynching, killings etc. exponentially increase. Thus, companies need to have a comprehensive view of their blue-collar workers using robust, 360-degree background checks. This will help fight against shocking cases making sensational news headlines like the ones mentioned.

  • A factory worker got arrested by Delhi Police for stalking, sending obscene videos to 200 women. [Source: India Today]
  • Another case of a factory worker getting arrested for stealing from the workplace. He was a drug addict, and committed a crime to obtain money for drugs. [Source: The India Express]

 

So how do you then ensure peace of mind? Our blue-collar worker verification is the ultimate answer to that.

Also Read: Use of Technology in Blue-Collar Screening

Our technology driven, qualitative background screening solution for your blue-collar factory workers can mitigate your business risks and protect your reputation. We follow a specific, consultative approach to understand your existing verification processes and suggest the best suited approach to worker verification to protect your market reputation. Checks like instant ID verification, digital address verification, court record checks, etc. are a part of our powerful, end-to-end blue collar background screening solution. This may not currently be a part of your hiring processes but once included can guard against all your blue-collar hiring risks.

 

Benefits and Impact of Our 360 Degree Worker Verification

  • AuthBridge powered worker verification solution uses powerful, tech platforms that onboards your factory workers quickly. This enables verification and onboarding of workers at ease and scale. Faster processes help the HR staff skew their strategic potential towards important tasks. 
  • Built on ML and AI capabilities, our blue-collar verification for workers simplifies employee onboarding journeys. It automates steps to upload candidate documents, interact with the concerned HR SPOC and digitally sign all BGV forms.
  • Backed by AuthBridge’s cutting-edge technology, its qualitative approach helps in collecting and analyzing data to provide reliable screening results and build your trust.
  • Our multilingual dashboards respond swiftly to your case initiation and review requests. National identities are checked in real-time with the help of technologies like OCR, anti-spoof image recognition and face match to filter our impersonators.
  • The technology used for worker verification enables your future readiness by bringing speed, efficiency, and safety to your employee onboarding processes. We always bring the best of technologies to offer quality verification solutions.
  • Our blue-collar verification solutions including worker screening are available, at PAN India for all your hiring needs. 
  • For most companies, compliance, and security of verification platforms is of serious concern. AuthBridge’s Blue-collar screening keeps all regulatory and compliance requirements under check and verifies worker credentials against public databases.

 

If this interests you, let us connect!

You can write to us at communication@authbridge.in and we can book a quick demo to help you understand how our blue-collar screening solution works to prevent blue-collar crimes.

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