elderly prisoners release
Case BriefsSupreme Court

While issuing comprehensive directions, the Court noted that these proceedings called for a systemic recalibration of criminal justice system, wherein vulnerability is not treated as an afterthought, but as a constitutionally significant determinant for humane treatment of prisoners.

Jharkhand High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The issues of the under-trial prisoners or inmates in judicial custody, are required to be medically examined, particularly, the old age inmates where the likelihood of the issue of Cataract, Diabetes, Blood Pressure and other old age ailments are likely to grief such inmates.