Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment to help financially weak prisoners languishing in jails despite being granted bail by the subordinate courts. The court modified Standard Operating Procedure to streamline the payment of bail amounts for poor undertrial prisoners through the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). A bench of Justice M M Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order after considering suggestions from Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati and senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, who appeared as amicus curiae. The revised SOP modifies an earlier version issued on February 13 last year. Under the new framework, a District Level Empowered Committee (DLEC) will be formed in every district. The committee will include a nominee of the District Mag

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