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The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice C V Karthikeyan disposed of the plea after taking into account that Centre has sanctioned Rs5.89 crore for implementation of e-Prison Project in Tamil Nadu The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed in 2021 by a social activist K R Raja. Madurai: Madras high court disposed of a plea seeking a direction to the authorities to install information kiosks with computer and internet facilities at all prisons in the state for the legal aid counsel to inform the prisoners about their case status. The petitioner stated that he visited several central prisons to know about neglected prisoners. During his interaction with a few such prisoners, he found out that they did not know about their case status, hearing dates and orders passed by courts. The prisoners were dependent on information about their cases through the legal aid counsel appointed by the concerned district legal services authority. He stated that there are no information kiosks at central prisons to know the case details. He stated that in Karnataka, such kiosks have been installed in prisons. Hence, the petitioner moved court.