India to bail long-term prisoners awaiting trial

India's interior minister has vowed to tackle chronic court backlogs by issuing bail to detainees awaiting trial for non-serious crimes who have completed at least a third of their possible sentence.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 1, 2020, India's Home Minister Amit Shah gestures as he arrives at the Parliament House in New Delhi. India’s powerful Home Minister Amit Shah -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-hand man – tweeted on August 2 that he had tested positive for the coronavirus and admitted himself to hospital on the advice of doctors even though “my health is fine”.

2024-11-20 13:45:39

India's interior minister has vowed to tackle chronic court backlogs by issuing bail to detainees awaiting trial for non-serious crimes who have completed at least a third of their possible sentence.

The world's most populous nation has a notoriously slow justice system, with millions of cases pending in the courts.

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