Prompted by a PIL the Delhi High Court has directed the Registrar Genaral to issue a notification to the effect that an accused can sit during trial of their cases save when judge enters the courtroom to start proceedings.Though in 1981 the Supreme Court already directed the all high courts to incorporate in their criminal manuals such a provision.However in Delhi it could be brought in practice by filing PIL only.
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