{"id":53348,"date":"2018-07-14T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T10:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53348"},"modified":"2018-07-14T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T10:43:16","slug":"sc-asks-ag-to-assist-on-poor-facilities-in-jails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-asks-ag-to-assist-on-poor-facilities-in-jails","title":{"rendered":"SC asks AG to assist on poor facilities in jails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" data-attachment-id=\"53200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aircel-maxis-case-sc-recuses-from-hearing-swamys-plea\/th08briefly1agns2q3kdi3jpgjpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg.jpg?fit=660%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,476\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg.jpg?fit=640%2C462&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg.jpg?resize=300%2C216&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg.jpg?resize=139%2C100&amp;ssl=1 139w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/TH08BRIEFLY1AGNS2Q3KDI3jpgjpg.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>New Delhi:\u00a0<\/b>The Supreme Court today took note of lack of facilities in jails, leading to delayed trials and prolonged incarceration of under-trial prisoners, in the country and sought assistance of the Attorney General in issuing directions to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, on its own, initiated the judicial proceedings after taking note of reports on deficiencies at the Faridabad jail in Haryana and expanded the scope of the case to the entire country.<br \/>\nPlacing reliance on a report of the District and Sessions judge of Faridabad, the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said there were several infrastructural and operational deficiencies like lack of video conferencing and transportation facilities in prison.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A report has been submitted by the District and Sessions judge of Faridabad and the judge has mentioned various causes for delayed trials and long incarceration of under trial prisoners in jail,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having perused the report, we are of the view that such a situation cannot be confined to the jail at Faridabad,&#8221; the bench said, adding lack of facilities have been posing impediments in speedy trial.<br \/>\nThe bench then asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to assist the court in the matter and said that making all the states and union territories (UTs) parties to the case would cause delay in passing directions.<br \/>\nThe court appointed advocate Gaurav Aggarwal as an amicus curiae, friend of the court, and asked him to help the Attorney General deal with the case.<br \/>\nThe bench considered the note on the prevailing situation at Faridabad jail of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, since retired, who had visited the prison on June 3 this year.<\/p>\n<p>It also considered the orders passed by the Bombay and the Rajsathan High Courts on the lack of facilities in prisons in Maharashtra and Rajashtan before taking cognizance of the matter on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0The Supreme Court today took note of lack of facilities in jails, leading to delayed trials and prolonged incarceration of under-trial prisoners, in the country and sought assistance of the Attorney General in issuing directions to deal with the situation. 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