Supreme Court To Balance Competing Claims For Hospital & Open Prison; Appoints Registrar To Inspect Rajasthan Correctional Home
Live LawThe Supreme Court on November 25 appointed a Registrar as the "Court Commissioner" for the site inspection of the Sanganer open-air prison in Rajasthan after a contempt petition was filed, alleging that the part of the area allotted to the prison has been taken away by the Rajasthan Government for constructing a 300-bed hospital. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta placed on record the map of the area where the Rajasthan Government intends to construct the hospital. He submitted that the area marked as 'red' in the map measuring 22232.33 sq meters is where the State Government has proposed to build the hospital. As provided Against these submissions, Senior Advocate Dr. S. Muralidhar submitted that the structures in the red area where inmates reside cannot be called "unauthorised" because these were built by the State Government via the jail authorities.
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