The judgment followed a plea by a lawyer suffering from Becker Muscular Dystrophy, who said the prison lacked disabled-friendly facilities & that officials were insensitive, ill-informed.
In the last two months, the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) has received 2,000 criminal appeals, a big uptick from the 700 to 1,000 it handled annually until last year.
D Ravikumar's letter to TN law minister follows MHA directive to states, UTs to end such discrimination in prisons. It says convicts are even allotted separate barracks based on caste.
In 245th report on prison reforms, panel also recommended mechanism to ensure proper care for transgender inmates, besides need for clear definition for 'young offenders'.
Panel has submitted 5 reports on jail administration, one being related to condition of death row inmates. It says to confine them in solitary cells breaches a 1978 SC judgment.
Delhi Prison Rules say work sheds and high-security enclosures, including cells, walls surrounding prison & staff offices, are kept under CCTV surveillance for 'monitoring purposes'.
The annual India Justice Report, based on government data, found there was a sharp increase in arrests in 2021 over 2020; the population in India’s 1,319 prisons grew by 13%.
Union Budget proposes Rs 5,000 crore per City Economic Region to power Tier II, Tier III cities, and temple-towns. Concerns over exclusion of large metropolitan regions from funding and schemes.
After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr.
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