Humane approach: The cases of undertrials involved in petty offences punishable up to three years are disposed of through mega prison adalats. He is a much relieved man now, thanks to the Mega Lok Adalat programme in prison conducted by the State Legal Services Authority. The Mega Lok Adalat programme has benefited over 700 undertrial/ remand prisoner and enabled the release of 570 inmates from nine Central Prisons and five Special Prisons for Women, which has nearly 15,000 inmates. We conduct regular Lok Adalat every week. In this Mega Lok Adalat, over 142 cases were referred and 89 inmates released.”(*Names have been changed to protect identity of the persons)

Source: The Hindu August 06, 2017 01:52 UTC