Hoshiarpur - District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman District Legal Services Authority Dilbagh Singh Johal visited Central Jail Hoshiarpur. CJM-cum-Secretary District Legal Services Authority Aparajita Joshi was also present with him on this occasion. On this occasion, he listened to the problems of the prisoners/detainees in the jail and directed the Central Jail Superintendent to solve them.
They also got information about the health of the patients. He inspected the kitchen regarding the food given to the prisoners inside the jail And directed the Superintendent Central Jail to take special care of the cleanliness inside the jail. According to the instructions of the Central Government, instructions were given to the Superintendent Central Jail regarding the implementation of the scheme to help the poor prisoners. That the order of bail in the cases of convicts and convicts under this scheme has been seven days Information about this should be sent to the District Legal Services Authority office and a list of names of Panel Advocates/Legal Aid Defense Council should be posted on the notice board outside each barrack. Along with this, he was asked to fill up the proceedings cards of the cases of detainees/prisoners.
He visited the barracks and interacted with the convicts and directed Vishal Kumar, Chief of the Legal Aid Defense Council, Hoshiarpur, to ensure that no convict is deprived of free legal aid. It is necessary to have a lawyer in every accused's case. CJM-cum-Secretary District Legal Services Authority Aparajita Joshi gave information about free legal services to women. The registers of the functioning of the Legal Aid Clinic at the Central Jail were checked. On this occasion, Central Jail Superintendent Baljit Singh Ghuman, Deputy Superintendent Amritpal Singh, Legal Aid Defense Council System Chief Vishal Kumar were also present.