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A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was on filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday, seeking direction to fill vacancies of medical officers, paramedical staff, welfare officers, counsellors, teachers, yoga instructors, vocational counsellors and ...

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NEW DELHI, Mar 11: The Supreme Court Friday requested a committee on prison reforms, which was constituted to examine several aspects and give recommendations on issues including overcrowding in jails, to submit its final report within six months. A bench of Justices L N Rao and B R Gavai passed the order while hearing an application filed by the Centre seeking a direction to the Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms, headed by former apex court judge Justice (retd) Amitava […]

A representation has been made to Chief Justice of Delhi High Court DN Patel and others on the issue of premature release of old aged and infirm prisoners from overcrowded prisons.

A Delhi lawyer has approached the Delhi High Court against overcrowding in jails in the country, contending that prisons in the national capital having 80 per cent more inmates than their capacity, and social distancing is not feasible ...

The court has also constituted a committee headed by former IG Prisons, Telangana, to visit each jail in Uttarakhand and suggest measures and laws to be enacted for benefit of prisoners.

He said that under the ongoing reforms, all inmates would also get a pair of new uniforms.

He said that under the ongoing reforms, all inmates would also get a pair of new uniforms.

For sometimes as much as 20 years. and so i am extremely concerned to hear what he said. mr marshall singled out dominic raab, then foreign secretary, who, he said, delayed taking decisions until he had all the facts set out in well—presented tables. for the foreign secretary to make this request suggests he did not fully understand the situation, mr marshall said. a source close to mr raab said the challenge was not the speed of decisions, but verifying identity and securing safe passage to t...

Suhakam forum discusses working group on prison reforms, bipartisan cooperation.