Legal Aid - Advocate Appointed To Represent Accused Should Be Given Reasonable Time To Go Through File & Get Ready : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a legal-aid advocate appointed to represent the accused should be given reasonable time to go through the file and get ready to assist the Court. The object of appointing an advocate to espouse the cause of the appellant who was unrepresented was to ensure that justice is done to him, the bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said.In this case,...