The People's Union for Civil Liberties has intervened in a plea before the Calcutta High Court regarding the condition of prisons in West Bengal, intending to improve living conditions for prisoners.While the matter has been an ongoing public interest litigation since 2017, the issue came to the fore when a lawyer mentioned a plea pertaining to the pregnancies of female …
A two-person bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday observed that voice and video call facilities in jails, that had started during the Covid pandemic, should resume once again. The bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice VG Bisht said, "During Covid, voice and video call facilities were provided in prisons but since November, they have been stopped. …
People's Union For Civil Liberties has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a CBI probe into the Kasganj Custodial Death Case wherein one Altaf allegedly died by suicide by tying himself to a two to three feet pipe.While the police have claimed that Altaf died by suicide while in custody, his family has suggested a foul play on the part …
