Faster Bail: Finally, escaping snail mail

Prisoners granted bail will no longer have to wait for a physical copy of the order to reach jails for their release. Various courts have slammed the earlier system whereby a prisoner had to wait for the bail order sent by post to reach prison authorities.

The story of 13 convicted prisoners, who were languishing in Agra Central Jail for 14-22 years, finally led to a major jail reform. They had moved the?Supreme Court?on the grounds that they were declared juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) at the time of committing the offense. The two-judge bench of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice V Ramasubramanian granted interim bail to the prisoners while voicing its exasperation over the sorry state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh despite clear ruling by JJB. It was mentioned that though the maximum period of imprisonment under the Juvenile Justice Act is three years in juvenile homes, these prisoners being underage at the time of the incident had spent their period in jail with hardcore criminals and one could call it illegal detention.......

.....The Supreme Court, though late, has initiated a dedicated system that will certainly offer some relief to those deprived of justice even after justice has been served. FASTER is going to be used for transmission of e-authenticated copies of judgments/final orders/interim orders to the concerned courts/ tribunals and other duty holders for execution. The postal system is clearly outdated when it comes to delivering court orders.

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