Dynamite News Supreme Court constitutes committee to look into jail reforms
The Supreme Court Tuesday constituted a three-member committee headed by its former judge Justice Amitava Roy to look into the aspect of jail reforms across the country and suggest measures to deal with them.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday constituted a three-member committee headed by its former judge Justice Amitava Roy to look into the aspect of jail reforms across the country and suggest measures to deal with them.
A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said the panel will look into the issues including over-crowding in prisons.
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The Supreme court on August 27 had reserved its order on the issue of constituting a committee to deal with issues pertaining to jails and suggest reforms for prisons across the country.
The committee will also look into the various issues concerning women prisoners.
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The bench was hearing a matter relating to inhuman conditions in 1,382 prisons across India.
It had earlier said that a committee should be set up to look into the issue on a day-to-day basis and suggest measures to tackle the problems since it includes the issue of human rights of prisoners in jails. (PTI)