SC directs State legal Service Authority lawyers to take up cases of prisoners who have completed half of the jail term which they would undergo in case of conviction

The Social Justice Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice U.U. Lalit has reportedly observed that poverty cannot be a ground for retaining a person in custody due to non-furnishing of bail amount. It hence directed the State legal Service Authority lawyers to file urgent applications before Courts across the country and secure release of these...