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As India’s courts went virtual, lack of technology in jails became a major hurdle to justice About 40% of prisons had no video conferencing facilities, a new report says. Representational image. | Sam Panthaky / AFP Only 60% of India’s jails had video conferencing facilities just before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, finds a report released by Tata Trusts. Less than half of all states and Union Territories had these facilities in 90% of their jails. As in many countries, India’s Supreme Court directed in April 2020 that court proceedings be conducted via video-conferencing to minimise physical appearances and enable social distancing. However, India’s justice systems were not fully equipped to deal with the emergency, the

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