Application of American doctrine due process of law on Indian prison system
Subjecting a prisoner to the demonstrated risk of the loss of his sanity as punishment for any offence in prison is plainly cruel and unusual punishment as judged by present…
Literary and Political Genius on Solitary Confinement
Charles Dickens That compassionate novelist, Charles Dickens, in his ‘American Notes and Pictures from Italy’ describes the congealing cruelty of ‘solitary confinement’ in a Pennsylvania Penitentiary (p. 99): “I am…
Philosophy of Rehabilitation of the Prisoners
Basic prison decency is an aspect of criminal justice. And the judiciary has a constituency of which prisoners, ordered in by court sentence, are a numerous part. This vicarious responsibility…
When a sentence of death become final
A convict is ‘under sentence of death when, and only when the capital penalty inexorably operates by the automatic process of the law without any slip between the lip and…
Tihar Jail in the light of Inspector Notes of Justice Beg
In Sunil Batra (I) case, the issue of solitary confinement came before the court where a death-sentenced prisoner whose appeal was pending, complained about his solitary confinement. While discussing the…
A Thesis on Solitary confinement by Justice Krishna Iyer
The issue of solitary confinement has come before Supreme Court in the case of Sunil Batra (I), when a writ petition had filed in Supreme court against the solitary confinement…
Prison torture and the shield of Article 21
Prison torture became the normality of prison system in India. Due to slow system of justice, people validated the police beating in prison for instant justice or vengeance. But sometimes,…
“Tihar prison is an arena of tension, trauma, violence, vulgarity and corruption”- The Conditions of Tihar Jail before 80s
THE background of the ethos of the Tihar Jail may be gleaned from portions of the report of the Superintendent, Central Jail, Tihar, made by him with reference to the…
The Development of Habeas Corpus Writ Jurisprudence
In the case of Sunil Batra (1980) when a prisoner Sunil Batra sent a letter to a judge in Supreme court complaining about the torture to one of the inmates…
“Not only wine and whiskey but salves and women were also provided to rich prisoners in Tihar jail”- Kuldip Nayar in his ‘In jail’.
Book excerpt The famous political journalist of India, Kuldip nayar recorded his personal observation while he was in Tihar Jail in his book “In Jail”. According to the author, there…