Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 955 · Decided 15 September 2017
Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons v. I.A. NO. 68248 of 2017
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 955 · [2017] 14 S.C.R. 519
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 406/2013
- Decided
- 15 September 2017
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Constitution Article 21; Juvenile Justice Act Section 176(1A)
Headnote
519. RE- INHUMAN CONDITIONS IN 1382 PRISONS A WITH I.A. No. 68248 of2017 · (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 406 of2013) SEPTEMBER 15,2017 B [MADAN B. LOKUR AND DEEPAK GUPTA, JJ,) Human Rights - Custodial death - Unnatural deaths in prisons - Remedial steps - Letter by (Retd.)Chitf Justice R. (homicide, suicide) - Steps are being taken in some form or the other by Central Government and State Governments to ameliorate the conditions of prisoners across the country and thereby reduce the number of unnatural deaths - However, it is time for the State to go beyond projections through D
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