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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Undertrials languishing in jails to get RTI help

Undertrials languishing in jails to get RTI help

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published Published on Apr 15, 2013   modified Modified on Apr 15, 2013
-The Times of India


HYDERABAD: In a move that may provide relief to thousands of undertrials in state jails, the state information commission is planning to direct the government to make public the list of those who are languishing in prisons without trial for a long time, officials said.

"We will order the prisons department to immediately make the information on undertrials public under the Right to Information act," saidJannat Hussain, chief information commissioner. Activists said that this would help thousands of such cases reach fast-track courts and speed up the judicial process.

Hussain took the cue from his Maharashtra counterpart who directed the state prisons department to declare the list of undertrials under section 4 (1) (b) of the RTI Act and set a deadline of May 12. According to the section, every government department must give out complete information about itself, including details of its employees and their duties, and update it regularly.

In its order, the information commission asked the prisons department to make public the list of undertrials who have completed 50 per cent of the sentence they would get if convicted of their crime. This is in accordance with section 463A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which says that the maximum period for which an undertrial can be detained without being released is half of the maximum jail time they would get for the crime for which they are booked.

RTI activists in the state said they are hoping that the AP prisons department will also reveal details about undertrials, which has so far been termed as classified information. "There may be many undertrials who are in jail even after finishing 50 per cent of their probable sentence. But there is hardly any information on them," said activist C J Karira. "Undertrials being denied timely justice is a rampant problem across India," he added.

Another city-based RTI activist, Syed Shah Ali Hussaini, said hearings get postponed on a regular basis, adding to the delay. "Presently, many VVIPs are lodged in state jails and whenever there is a hearing, the whole machinery is concentrated around them. There are reports of poor undertrials not getting a chance to go to court because jail authorities fail to provide security and vehicles," he said.


The Times of India, 15 April, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Undertrials-languishing-in-jails-to-get-RTI-help/articleshow/19552117.cms


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