Lower court judges hesitant to give bail: CJI DY Chandrachud

“Higher judiciary is flooded with bail applications due to reluctance at grassroots to grant bail. Judges at the grassroots are reluctant to grant bail not because they do not understand crime but there is a sense of fear of being targeted for granting bail in heinous cases,” he said at an event organised by the Bar Council of India.

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