{"id":14497,"date":"2011-11-11T14:06:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T08:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=14497"},"modified":"2011-11-11T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T08:36:47","slug":"supreme-court-seeks-report-on-foreigners-in-indian-jails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-seeks-report-on-foreigners-in-indian-jails","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court seeks report on foreigners in Indian jails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/supreme-court-seeks-report-on-foreigners-in-indian-jails\/report-on-foreigners-in-indian-jails\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14498\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-seeks-report-on-foreigners-in-indian-jails\/report-on-foreigners-in-indian-jails\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/report-on-foreigners-in-Indian-jails.png?fit=176%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"176,155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"report-on-foreigners-in-Indian-jails\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/report-on-foreigners-in-Indian-jails.png?fit=176%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14498\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/report-on-foreigners-in-Indian-jails-150x132.png?resize=150%2C132&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/report-on-foreigners-in-Indian-jails.png?resize=150%2C132&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/report-on-foreigners-in-Indian-jails.png?w=176&amp;ssl=1 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to file a comprehensive report on foreign nationals who had been languishing in Indian jails for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>An apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. 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