Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 461 · Decided 14 May 2024
In Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons v.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 461 · [2024] 5 S.C.R. 1038
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 406/2013
- Decided
- 14 May 2024
- Bench
- HIMA KOHLI, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 32
Headnote
Status reports filed by various States/UTs furnishing information on the action proposed to be taken within fixed timeline as regards various facilities lacking in jails and the recommendations made by the Committee(s) constituted by the Supreme Court. the Committee(s) constituted by Supreme Court - Overcrowding in jails; capacity enhancement; welfare of women prisoners and children in prisons etc. - Status reports filed by the States of Bihar, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha and Kerala in terms of directions
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