Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 955 · Decided 25 September 2018
Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons v. .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 955 · [2018] 12 S.C.R. 78
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 406/2013
- Decided
- 25 September 2018
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, S. ABDUL NAZEER, DEEPAK GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 32; Juvenile Justice Act Section 21, 32
Headnote
Public Interest Litigation - Prison Reforms - Dire necessity of reforms in prison administration and prison management - Held: Union Government directed to issue a notification constituting a Supreme Court Committee on prison reforms consisting of: (i) One Supreme Court as its Chair; (ii) Inspector General of Police, Bureau of Police Research and Development as its member; (iii) Director General (Prisons) Tihar Jail, New Delhi as its member - The Committee directed to give its recommendations on the following issues as its terms of reference:
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