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

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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

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

RE-INHUMAN CONDITIONS IN 1382 PRISONS

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF ASSAM & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No.135960/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION and No.26533/2018-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ $\quad\textbf{and}\quad$ $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No.26542/2018-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION) Date: 21-02-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Adv. (A.C.) For Petitioner(s) By Post For Respondent(s) Mrs. Vibha Dutta Makhija, Sr. Adv. Mr. R.M. Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Ms. Sushma Manchanda, Adv. Mr. B.K. Prasad, Adv. Ms. Sushma Manchanda, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. M.K. Maroria, Adv. Ms. Disha Vaish, Adv. For States of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. $Assam$ Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Bihar Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. ature Not Verified Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. Atul Jha, Adv. ⁴⁶ Hattisgarh Mr. Sandeep Jha, Adv.

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	Mr. D.K. Sinha, Adv.
Goa	Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv.<br>Mr. Apoorva Bhumesh, Adv.
Gujarat	Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR<br>Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Vishakha, Adv.
H.P.	Mr. Ajay Marhwa, Adv.
Haryana	Mr. B.K. Satija, Adv.
J&K	Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR<br>Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.<br>Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Jharkhand	Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR<br>Mohd. Waquas, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
Karnataka	Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR<br>Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv.
Madhya Pradesh	Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR<br>Mr. Arjun Garg, Adv.
Maharashtra	Mr. Mahaling Pandarge, Adv.<br>Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Adv.
Manipur	Mr. Leisangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.<br>Mr. Maibam Babina, Adv.
Meghalaya	Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR<br>Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv.
Mizoram	Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Nagaland	Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR<br>Ms. Edward Belho, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.<br>Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.
Odisha	Mr. Anindita Pujari, Adv.<br>Ms. Kavita Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Singh, Adv.

Punjab	Ms. Uttara Babbar, Adv.<br>Ms. Akanksha Choudhary, Adv.<br>MS. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv.
Rajasthan	Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.<br>Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.<br>Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv.
Sikkim	Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.<br>for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.
Tripura	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Tamil Nadu	Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR<br>Mrs. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv.
Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.
Uttar Pradesh	Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AAG<br>Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, AOR
Uttarakhand	Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR<br>Mr. Sukrit R. Kapoor, Adv.<br>Ms. Sudipto Sircar, Adv.
West Bengal	Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Runa Bhuyan, Adv.<br>Mr. Chanchal Kr. Ganguli, Adv.<br>Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv.<br>Mr. Adeel, Adv.
A&N Islands	Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Puducherry	Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR<br>Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv.
Applicant	Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Ritu Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Mr. Pragya P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Ms. Ninni thomas, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahat Sharma, Adv. NHRC Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv. Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mrs. T. Veera Reddy, Adv. Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Tyagi, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

The learned Amicus has filed a Note for hearing. We have taken it into consideration.

For the time being, we request Mr. Surinder Rathi, Director, NALSA to look into the issue of over crowding as highlighted by the learned Amicus and furnishing figures of the population in the jails where occupancy is more than 150% as on 31.12.2017.

Mr. Rathi, Director, NALSA will also ascertain through the Member Secretary of the State Legal Services Authority the number of vacant posts lying in the major jails in all the States and Union Territories.

The issue of standard Operating Procedure is still under consideration and will be taken up on the next date of hearing.

With regard to the Summary of Responses Received on Open Jails, it will also be taken up on the next date of hearing.

We have requested Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, learned Amicus to look

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into the issue of rehabilitation / welfare of women prisoners as well as their children including education etc. of their children. List the matter on 27.03.2018.

I.A. No. 26533/2018 (Application for intervention / impleadment) and I.A. No. 26542 of 2018 (Application for directions)

As regards the applications filed on behalf of Dr. Anup Surendranath, liberty is granted to the applicant as well as learned counsel for the applicant to be in touch with the learned Amicus and assist him on the issues raised.

I.A. No. 112556 of 2017 (Application for directions)

The application is filed on behalf of National Forum for Prison Reforms.

Liberty is granted to the applicant as well as learned counsel for the applicant to be in touch with the learned Amicus and instruct him on the issues raised.

(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (KAILASH CHANDER) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER