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#SupremeCourt notes that there are 19 cases where the accused has either passed away with appeals pending against their conviction or had already fulfilled their complete term of imprisonment

#Imprisonment

Justice SK Kaul accepts suggestion of Amicus Curiae Gaurav Agarwal that the registry of Supreme Court should list such appeals expeditiously

SC: There is also a category where prisoners have undergone 14 years of custody. For disposal of such cases for grant of bail be listed expeditiously

SC: Registrar Judicial may also look into cases which are in after notice stage. #SupremeCourt

SC: We thank the amicus for the contribution to the larger cause of personal liberty of these individuals
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Justice MM Sundresh suggests that if the amicus can point out the bottleneck where large number of such applications are rejected by such convicts. This is so that states can be called on to address the bottlenecks.

J Kaul: Some states have liberal and some conservative policy