Non-Provision Of Certain Amenities For Disabled Inmate During Short Period Of Incarceration Not A Serious Human Rights Violation: Madras HC
Live LawWhile hearing a disabled lawyer's petition seeking enhanced compensation for alleged human rights violation during his arrest and subsequent time in jail, the bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice K Kumaresh Babu observed that mere non-provision of certain amenities during a short stay inside the jail shall not amount to human rights violation. The State Human Rights Commission, after looking at the prison records found that the petitioner was admitted in the prison dispensary and was given proper treatment. Thus it observed, mere non-provision of certain amenities which would amount to a statutory violation may not strictly amount to Human Rights Violation. While arrest and incarceration of the petitioner could be said to be a Human Rights Violation, the non-provision of certain amenities or treatment during a short period of incarceration, in our opinion, will not amount to a serious human rights violation, Court added.
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