New Delhi, November 04, 2020: Delhi Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat expressing his displeasure over the response by jail authorities to address “basic and important” issues, the judge directed Director General (DG) of Delhi Prisons to look into the grievances of all the 15 accused, booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the February riots in north-east Delhi lodged in jails, and order that somebody who can take a call inspect the situation at Mandoli and Tihar prisons.

According to reports, the Delhi Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said in his order that “This has to end. DG (Prisons) is directed to take stock of the situation; to order someone, who can take a call, to look into the grievances. If things do not improve, I would go for a physical inspection myself. And the lawyers may accompany me too.”

Since the court is constantly receiving complaints from accused persons in judicial custody that they were not being given basic things like warm clothes for the winter etc. and also their counsels, who have been moving successive applications to the court for directions to the Jail Superintendent, it appears that there are some issues regarding the administration of Jail complex as the applications for these accused persons have been made for basic, important but avoidable issues/grievances, it said.

The court also asked the authorities to apprise the court of the status on November 23.

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