National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi and the Director General of Prisons, Government of NCT of Delhi seeking a detailed report of a sexual assault case of a 22-year-old prisoner in Delhi's Tihar Jail. The commission has
Khalid was granted bail for attending his sister's marriage. He has to surrender on December 30.
He had sought an interim bail of two weeks for attending the marriage.
Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of Karkardooma Court had granted Khalid bail for a period of one week, starting De
Delhi police on Tuesday sought time to file a reply on the plea moved by Sharjeel seeking the resumption of the Inmate phone calling facility provided to him in Tihar jail earlier. The facility was stopped in September after a circular issued by the jail authorities.
The Plea stated that the number of inmates in Tihar Jail has exceeded the actual capacity of each Barrack and it is on record that there is a huge rise in the total number of inmates in the said Complex.
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Government of NCT Delhi on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for the resolution of the problem of the non-availability of clean drinking water in the Tihar Jail Complex.
On the request of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, the Tihar jail authorities gave him a copy of 'The Great Railway Bazaar', jail sources said on Saturday.
A team of four including two senior scientists and two supporting staff along with the case investigating officers arrived at Central Jail No.4 for a 'post-test interview' with Aaftab at around 11.30 am, and the exercise was on.