Less than 8% of undertrials have utilized legal services they were entitled to, says a latest study by Project-39A (National Law University, Delhi), Prayas-Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Azim Premji Foundation. The program was conducted across eight prisons in the state to develop a successful working model to provide legal representation for under trials.

The report, which was released earlier today in Mumbai by Supreme Court Judge Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice R.D. Dhanuka, Judge, Bombay High Court and Executive Chairperson, Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority is the outcome of a three-year program conducted by the National Law University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences supported by the Azim Premji Foundation in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra.