Supreme Court of India: ‘Avoiding Trial itself is Punishment’; Grants bail to Undertrial Prisoner and quotes statement of Oscar Wilde while in incarceration.

In a case where the petitioner was an accused in custody since 2020, the bench in the Supreme Court comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and R. Mahadevan held that the accused is entitled to the Right to a fair and speedy trial, which is an inalienable right under Article 21 of Read more…