Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 955 · Decided 8 May 2018
Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons v. .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 955 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 461
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 406/2013
- Decided
- 8 May 2018
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Prison: Under trial - Implementation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Under Trial Review Committee - Overcrowding in prisons - High courts to take up the issue of overcrowding in prisons as a suo moto writ petition - Vacancies in the prison staff - High Court is conducting a study through the National Law University on women prisoners and their children - Ministry will consider the study report - State Government to notify and implement Model Rules called Model Uniform Rules for the Administration of Open Correctional Institutions -
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