A SIGNIFICANT JUDGMENT
Amidst various news ranging from Southwest monsoon ravaging the plains of central India to the recent flash flood due to sudden cloudburst in Amarnath leading to loss of human lives, to the raging controversy regarding the alleged ferocious nature of lions depicting the Ashok Chakra atop the new Parliament Building, the passing of Supreme Court decision on the necessity of framing of new laws envisaging grant of bail to those arrested may have eluded notice of a casual reader. A bench of the Hon’ble Supreme court comprising Justices Sanjay Kaul and M. M. Sundresh in its recent judgment expressed its anguish over the number of undertrials languishing in various jails of the country. The significant part of the judgment dealt with the fact that what is worrisome and crowding the jails is arrests made by authorities, mainly Police, quite often than not with caution thrown to the wind. The Hon’ble judges, deliberating on various aspects, observ...