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Jail Reforms Writs
Prerogative Writs & Extraordinary Remedies
Definition
Public interest petitions seeking writ directions to eliminate overcrowding, ensure sanitary conditions, supply adequate nutrition, and protect the human dignity of undertrials and convicts across Indian prisons.
Example
In Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons, the Supreme Court issued continuing directions in a PIL to all States and Union Territories to set up undertrial review committees and disburse compensation for unnatural deaths in prisons.