ꦐ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the judiciary to speed up the release of undertrials languishing in various jails awaiting legal aid.
💙Addressing the first All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet here, he also said that ease of justice was as important as ease of doing business and ease of living.
🍸"There are several undertrials in jails awaiting legal aid. Our District Legal Services Authorities can take up the responsibility of providing legal assistance to undertrials," the prime minister said.
🍒He urged district judges attending the conference to speed up the release of undertrials using their offices as chairpersons of district-level undertrial review committees.
🌠The prime minister noted that the National Legal Services Authority has started a campaign on this matter and urged the Bar Council of India to align more lawyers with this effort.
