What’s in the news?

• In a big fillip to the fundamental rights of life, dignity and personal liberty, the Supreme Court has introduced a new system by which crucial decisions, including orders on bail and stay of arrest, can be communicated electronically to prison authorities and investigating agencies through a secure channel.
• Known as the “Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records” (FASTER) system, it is meant to ensure that undertrials are not made to wait for days on end behind bars to be released because the certified hard copies of their bail orders took time to reach the prison.
• The system would also prevent unnecessary arrests and custody of people even after the court had already granted them its protection. It may even communicate a stay on an execution ordered by the final court on time.

Reference:

1. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sc-introduces-faster-system-to-send-records/article36641906.ece