The case arose when journalist Sheela Barse wrote a letter to Supreme Court complaining the custodial violence to women prisoners whilst confined in the police lock up in the city…
If simply put, handoff doctrine means that the courts shall not interfere in the work of executive, this doctrine developed in America. In India, this came for consideration in Sunil…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Sunil Batra case is counted among those cases that changed the conditions of Indian prisoners in prisons. Sunil Batra case was instituted in epistolary fashion i.e. a letter was sent…
Sunil Batra case is counted among those cases which changed the conditions of Indian prisoners in prisons. These judgments which were mostly delivered by justice Krishna Iyer, ensured the application…
In a case Shri Rama Murthy vs State of Karnataka (1996), a prisoner sent a letter to the supreme court on the grievance of jail matter, to which court admitted…
