In Re-Inhuman Conditions In 1382 Prisons vs. Director General Of Prisons And Correctional Services

COURT NO.7

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s).406/2013

RE-INHUMAN CONDITIONS IN 1382 PRISONS

(With appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and intervention and recalling the Court's order dated 04.04.2016 and appln. seeking waiver of cost imposed vide order dated 04.04.2016 and appln. seeking waiver of cost on behalf of Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and office report)

Date: 20/09/2016 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL

For Petitioner(s) By Post

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Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Adv. (AC)

• Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, ASG For Respondent(s) Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sushma Manchanda, Adv. Mr. R.M. Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR Mr. B.K. Prasad, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR
  • Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR
  • Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR
  • Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR

Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR

For States of	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv.
Andhra Pradesh	Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
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Bihar	Mr. Rudreshwar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Chandigarh	Mr. M.S. Doabia, Adv.<br>Mr. S.S. Rawat, Adv.
Chhattisgarh	Mr. C.D. Singh, AAG<br>Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv.<br>Mr. V.C. Shukla, Adv.
Goa	Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv.<br>Mr. Apoorva Bhumesh, Adv.
Gujarat	Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR<br>Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Aagam Kaur, Adv.
Haryana	Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
H.P.	Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, AAG<br>Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR
J&K	Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR<br>Mr. Puneeth K.G., Adv.<br>Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv.
Jharkhand	Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv.<br>Mr. Adity Pratap Singh, Adv.
Karnataka	Mr. Lagnesh Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv.<br>Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv.
Madhya Pradesh	Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
Maharashtra	Mr. Mahaling Pandarge, AAG<br>Mr. Nishant Katneshwarkar, Adv.
Manipur	Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.<br>Mr. Naresh Kumar Gaur, Adv.<br>Ms. Linthoin Gambi Thongam, Adv.<br>Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mizoram	Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.<br>Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv.<br>Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Nagaland	Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.<br>Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.

	Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.<br>Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
Odisha	Ms. Anindita Pujari, Adv.<br>Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Pranav Kumar, Adv.
Punjab	Mr. Sanchar Anand, AAG<br>Mr. Apoorv Singhal, Adv.
Rajasthan	Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Prateek Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Sikkim	Mr. A. Mariarputham, AAG<br>Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.
Tripura	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.<br>Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv.
Tamil Nadu	Mr. B. Balaji, AOR<br>Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Arvind, Adv.
Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.<br>Mr. Baskula Athik, Adv.
Uttar Pradesh	Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR<br>Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Adv.
Uttarakhand	Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR<br>Mr. Sukrit R. Kapoor, Adv.
West Bengal	Mr. Soumik Ghosal, Adv.<br>Mr. Parijat Sinha, Adv.
A&N Islands	Mr. Balasubramanian, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, AOR<br>Mr. Franklin Caesar Thomas, Adv.
	Mr. Chand Qureshi, Adv.<br>Mr. M.P. Siddiqui, Adv.
Puducherry	Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR

Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. T. Veera Reddy, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

We have heard learned Amicus Curiae as well as learned Additional Solicitor General. We have also received inputs from some of the State Governments on the issue of overcrowding.

Orders reserved.

Learned Additional Solicitor General says that a large number of advisories have been issued to the State Governments. He says that he will advise the Central Government to write to the State Governments to indicate the steps taken pursuant to the advisories that have been issued from time to time with regard to overcrowding and under trials.

One of the other issues raised in the letter petition of former Chief Justice Lahoti is with regard to staff in prisons and their trainings.

Learned ASG will require the Central Government to find out from the State Governments the number of sanctioned posts and the number of vacancies in the prisons as on 30th September, 2016 and pass on the information to the learned Amicus Curaie**.**

List the matter on the issue of unnatural deaths in prisons on 18.10.2016.

Court Master Court Master

(Meenakshi Kohli) (Jaswinder Kaur)

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