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

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COURT NO.12

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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 VS PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES & ORS.RESPONDENT(S)

([MR. GAURAV AGRAWAL, ADVOCATE IS AMICUS CURIAE.])

Date : 14-12-2023 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH

For Petitioner(s)

By Post, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Kv Girish Chowdary, Adv. Mr. Meeran Magbool, Adv. Ms. Archita Nigam, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR

Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.

Mr. Devashish Bharuka, AOR Ms. Sarvshree, Adv. Ms. Swati Mishra, Adv.

Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR

Mr. Aditya Bhanu Neekhra, Adv. Mr. Aniket Patel, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Mr. Anand Murthi Rao, Adv. Mr. B.k. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Rishi Malhotra, AOR Mr. Jaydip Pati, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh Ruprah, DAG Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR

Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.

Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Ms. Olivia Bang, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. T.illayarasu, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. V Keerthana, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. Chandra Bhushan Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Richa Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nilanjani Tandon, Adv. Mr. Chirag Sharma, Adv. Ms. Harshita Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. R. Bala, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Kamlesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mrs. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv.* Mr. Vineet Singh, Adv.* Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. R Bala, Adv. Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv. Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, AOR Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Singhal, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Atery, Adv. Mr. Ankit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Raj, Adv. Mr. Durgesh Ramchandra Gupta, AOR Mr. Ajay Verma, Adv. Mr. Vaishnav Kirti Singh, Adv. State of H.P. Ms. Inderdeep Kaur Raina, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Rastogi, Adv. State of Telangana Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Standing Counsel Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv.

Mr. Kriti Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR

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

1. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, learned Amicus Curiae, states that he has filed a note for hearing and shared a copy of the same with all the learned counsel.

2. We propose to take up this matter on the next date of hearing in the post lunch session, as it would take some time to go through the records and hear each of the learned counsel.

3. In the meantime, having interacted with the learned Amicus Curiae, we are of the opinion that all the State Governments/Union Territories be called upon to furnish the following details, as on 01st January, 2024:

(i) Details of the number of jails presently setup in each State/Union Territory.

(ii) The sanctioned capacity and the actual capacity of the jails mentioned at (i) above.

(iii) The current requirement to set up more jails and the steps initiated.

(iv) Stage at which such plans are for setting up more jails in each State/Union Territory.

4. The above information shall be furnished in a tabulated form within four weeks to the learned Amicus Curiae to enable him to collate the same

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and place the same before this Court in a computed format.

5. List on 30th January, 2024, at 02.00 p.m.

(POOJA SHARMA) (NAND KISHOR) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH) (*Additional physical appearance given in Court.)