New Delhi: Details of the detention period of prisoners must be included in the public domain to facilitate the release of the prisoners by making them aware of their rights to premature release by taking advantage of remission, sparking liberation, the Supreme Court has said.
The bench led by Judge N V Ramana has requested a response from the Delhi government to create a portal to provide details about the period of detention experienced by prisoners.
The bench, also consisted of Surya Kant’s justice, was not impressed with the Delhi government argument that there were fears of violations of rights to prisoner privacy if the details, such as the detention period, were included in the public domain.
“What is the problem of privacy? We don’t understand.
No.
It must be available for general public …
Suppose someone in prison for the past 20 years.
Don’t you think that you have to tell that person about the right to find release by taking the path of parole , leave and …
“The bench was to the lawyer additional Jayant Sud who appeared for the Delhi government.
During hearing, legal officers said that in Delhi prison, ‘e-kiosk’ has been established where the prisoners themselves can go and check details such as the detention period.
“Let me call the relevant authority meeting and examine this problem to develop a mechanism to help convicted titled in seeking remission,” said Cji on Wednesday.
The bench, which refused the appeal from one Mukesh Kumar who filed the command of July 16, 2007 from the Delhi High Court which he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in the case of murder, however, continued to wait to deal with greater problems to provide information about the inner detention period Public domain.
Now have posted this problem after four weeks.
Previously, the upper court had asked the city government to tell it about the time frame where he would create a portal to provide details about the detention period experienced by prisoners.
Before this, it has asked the Delhi government to notify the latest policy on the pre-mature release of prisoners.
The detention period is inserted into the public domain to make prisoners aware of release rights: SC
