The Supreme Court has modified the standard operating procedure (SOP) for payment of bail amount of poor undertrial prisoners by state governments through district legal services authority (DLSA).

A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order accepting the suggestion made by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati and amicus curiae senior advocate Siddharth Luthra.

The top court made certain modification to its earlier SOP issued February 13 last year and ordered that an empowered committee would be constituted comprising nominee of district collector or district magistrate, secretary of DLSA, superintendent of police, superintendent/deputy superintendent of the concerned prison, and judge in-charge of the concerned prison.

DLSA secretary will be conve

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