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Court asks for details of undertrials in Tihar jail
By IANSNovember 11th, 2009
NEW DELHI - Taking note of the increasing number of undertrials
languishing in Tihar jail, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked police
to submit a detailed record of people who are in jail for more than
seven years.
A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S.
Muralidhar asked the Delhi Police to submit the report and said: This
is a serious issue and needs to be looked at. We have seen undertrials
spend more time in jails for the offences that have less punishment.
This is unfair.
The court directed the Delhi Police to file a complete report by Dec
2, the next date of hearing.
The court observed that prisoners booked under the narcotics law and
the foreigners act face the most time consuming trials and asked Delhi
Police counsel Meera Bhatia to submit a detail report on all people
charged under these laws.
The court was hearing a suo moto plea of a lawyer Manish Khanna who
has filed a Right to Information (RTI) application on the condition of
undertrials in Tihar jail.
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