Supreme Court Directs Clarification on Unnatural Deaths in Prisons in PIL on Prison Conditions; Custodial Violence and Dignity Under Article 21 Reiterated. Classification of Prison Deaths by NCRB as Natural or Unnatural Found Ambiguous and Requires Explanation.
1 Jan 1970The Supreme Court, in a public interest litigation regarding inhuman conditions in 1382 prisons, addressed the issue of unnatural deaths of prisoners....




