HC asks DGP to address lack of basic facilities for lawyers at Tihar premises
The Morning Standard|November 05, 2024
THE Delhi High Court has directed the Director General of Prisons to promptly address concerns regarding the insufficient facilities for lawyers visiting their clients at Tihar Jail.
HC asks DGP to address lack of basic facilities for lawyers at Tihar premises

A bench, comprising Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, has instructed jail authorities to respond to a representation filed on the matter within four weeks.

The decision came following a plea from Shyam Sunder Aggarwal, who highlighted the absence of basic amenities for lawyers meeting undertrial and convicted clients in Tihar's premises.

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