Justice Chandrachud rues delay in bail releases

Slow implementation touches human liberty of undertrials

Delay in releasing undertrials from jail merely because the court order granting them bail has not been either received or processed on time by jail authorities is a travesty of justice, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has said. The Supreme Court judge said the issue has to be addressed on a war-footing.

“This touches upon the human liberty of every undertrial,” Justice Chandrachud has said.

The SC judge referred to an initiative of the “e-custody certificate” launched by Orissa High Court Chief Justice S. Muralidhar. The certificate would electronically contain the details of an undertrial and would immediately convey the information to grant bail to the prison authorities