Search Results for Tag : Overcrowding

News

Calcutta HC Asks Chief Secretary to Ensure Maintenance of Effective Protocols(30.12.2020)

Calcutta High Court has asked the Chief Secretary of West Bengal Government to ensure that effective protocols are maintained during the year-end fest.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Protocols to Avoid Overcrowding

Supreme Court: District-Level Committee’s Scope Expanded(19.02.2024)

Supreme Court has expanded the scope of district-level committees that are to be constituted by the States or Union Territories to reduce the issue re.....

Tags : Supreme Court, District-Level Committee, Overcrowding Prisons

Open Air Prisons Suggested by Supreme Court as Solution to Overcrowding of Prisons(10.05.2024)

Supreme Court has observed that the establishment of open-air prisons or camps can be one of the solutions for overcrowding in prisons. The Court furt.....

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Delhi HC Asks Centre and Delhi Govt to Form Policy to Curb Overcrowding at Liquor Shops(13.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has asked the Centre as well as the Delhi Government to urgently decide as to how to control the problem of overcrowding and the resu.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Overcrowding at Liquor Shops

Supreme Court: Directions Issued to States/UTs for Prevention of Overcrowding of Prisons(12.07.2024)

SC has directed States of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal to file affidavits after considering suggestions made by Amicus .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Overcrowding of Prisons, Amicus Curiae

Kar. HC: State Directed to Take Steps Regarding Overcrowding in Govt. Hostels For SC/ST Students(21.08.2024)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State to take steps regarding the overcrowding in hostels run by the Government in the State for Scheduled Caste.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Overcrowding, Govt. Hostels

Judgments

Ensuring a life of dignity for prisoners(05.02.2016)

The Supreme Court passed an order calling for the improvement in prisoners’ conditions incarcerated in jails across the country. The Court was of the .....

Tags : Overcrowding, jails, living conditions