India, Feb. 8 -- The Bombay high court on Friday directed all lawyers on legal aid panels to apprise courts whenever they come across prisoners who had undergone long pre-trial incarceration.

A single judge bench of justice Milind Jadhav issued the order after a bail applicant, who was incarcerated for nearly eight years, told the bench that he was not produced in court for over three years.

Justice Jadhav, who was hearing the bail plea of the murder accused, said that it was the duty of the advocates appointed through legal aid authority to move the court and apprise it of such applicants, especially in long incarceration cases of undertrial prisoners.

The court said the case reflected a sorry situation as the right to speedy trial is...