%A Jagdish Rattanani
%T Undertrials, and democracy, behind bars
%! Undertrials, and democracy, behind bars
%X The Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana and the Supreme Court have offered a wake-up call to the nation on the issue of undertrials languishing in jails, bringing attention to an issue that has diminished our democracy, robbed ordinary citizens of liberty and embedded a system where jail rather than bail has become the routine of most investigations. 
%U https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/society/undertrials-and-democracy-behind-bars-494