Illiterate Bail Applicant Fails To Sign Vakalatnama: MP High Court Directs Co-Prisoner To Teach Him To Write His Name

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently deferred hearing on a bail application after noting that the bail applicant had, instead of putting his signature in the Vakalatnama put a thumb impression. Noting that it was very unfortunate that a youth of 22 years is completely illiterate and even he cannot write his name, the Bench of Justice Vivek Rusia deferred the hearing on the...