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The Chief Justice of India’s remark that the jail authorities seem to be relying on ancient modes of communication through pigeons sets the ball rolling for correcting the anomaly of the delay in releasing people granted bail. ‘It is too much that prisoners have to wait even after the Supreme Court has granted bail as jails are insisting on the order to come by post,’ the Bench said, while expressing its desire to soon have in place a system that will ensure secure electronic transmission of its orders on bail. State governments have been asked to list the prisons that have Internet connections and by when jails can be equipped with facilities for the expeditious release of prisoners.
Boost connectivity beyond urban areas: CJI in letter to Ravi Shankar Prasad
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CJI writes to Ravi Shankar Prasad, requests him to strengthen connectivity beyond major urban centres
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