Free legal aid and the assurance of its universal availability is important to keep police excesses in check, CJI NV Ramana said recently. He also noted how police stations are the places where rights are easily trampled upon resulting often in custodial deaths and other excesses.
Justice Avneesh Jhingan passed the order, after perusing four medical reports submitted by the state of Haryana, pursuant to the Court’s earlier orders in the matter.