On Plea To Resume Call Facilities For Inmates, Maharashtra Asked To Reply
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The petition claimed the facility of voice and video calls for prison inmates was arbitrarily and abruptly stopped in 2021.
The Bombay High Court on Monday sought the Maharashtra government's response to a public interest litigation seeking resumption of voice and video call facilities for prison inmates to communicate with their family members and legal counsels.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice V G Bisht said this was an important issue as not everybody can go to prison to visit an inmate.
"This is an important matter. Not everybody can go to prison...Why can't the video and voice call facilities be allowed?" Chief Justice Datta asked.
The court directed Additional Public Prosecutor A R Patil to take instructions from the government and posted the matter for further hearing on May 4.
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