2020 (6) TMI 743

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..... he names of lawyers and websites of lawyers, also disclose their proficiencies. This too, only in a situation where it is not possible to get the reference of a lawyer through word of mouth. This Court is of the firm opinion, that the practice of entertaining applications for Transit Bail is pass . It was a procedure having no statutory sanction, yet justifiable in a bygone era when poor logistics, transportation and dismal communication saw persons being arrested by the police of another State even before such a person could move the Sessions Court or the High Court having territorial jurisdiction to entertain his application for anticipatory bail. It is no longer so. The practice of Transit Bail by which the High Court or the Sessi .....

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..... State where the FIR is registered, under the pretext of seeking a regular order of anticipatory bail or bail, from the High Court or the Sessions Court within whose territorial jurisdiction, the FIR is registered. 3. In the past, this relief was evolved as an equitable procedure, where an individual did not have to suffer the ignominy of an arrest by the police, only because it would take an inordinately long time to approach the Court vested with the territorial jurisdiction to entertain an application for anticipatory bail or bail. Therefore, it was felt necessary by the various courts in India to protect the individual with an anticipatory bail of limited duration so as to enable him to approach the appropriate court vested with terr .....

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..... districts, have directories listing the names of lawyers and websites of lawyers, also disclose their proficiencies. This too, only in a situation where it is not possible to get the reference of a lawyer through word of mouth. 6. Copies of relevant documents in the possession of the accused which are required by the lawyer, can be made with the assistance of a smartphone and dispatched immediately by e-mail or instant messaging services which would be received by the lawyer in a matter of seconds. No more the drudgery of going to the post office or the courier office just to dispatch the documents to the lawyer. 7. As regards the payment of fees, with the availability of internet banking, RTGS, NEFT and mobile enabled digital wallets .....

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